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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2014 Jun 2;66:39–44. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.05.019

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics (n*=713)

Child age (years), mean (SD) 9.17(1.55)

Child gender, N (% Female) 49%

Child weight status
Overweight (BMI≥85th%, <95%)) 110 (15%)
Obese (BMI≥95th%) 77 (11%)

Parent age (years), mean (SD) 41.52 (5.85)

Parent gender, N (% Female) 86%

Parent race, N (%)
White 622 (89%)
Black 16 (2%)
Asian 30 (4%)
Other 29 (4%)
Parent ethnicity: Hispanic 94 (13%)

# of children <18 at home, mean (SD) 2.39 (.89)

Annual Family Income
≤ $39,000 67 (9%)
$40,000 – $89,000 218 (31%)
≥ $90,000 428 (60%)

Site, N (%)
King County, WA 378 (53%)
San Diego County, CA 335 (47%)

Activity*
Overall MVP A (daily min), mean (SD) 145.99 (52.22)
MVP A at home (daily min), mean (SD) 62.19 (36.45)
Overall sedentary time (daily min), mean (SD) 395.96 (69.97)
Sedentary time at home (daily min), mean (SD) 189.36 (70.05)
Screen time by parent report (daily mins), mean (SD) 116.16 (81.78)

Home Media Environment
Bedroom Media Score, mean (SD), range 1.21 (1.23), 0-5
Media Rules mean (SD), range 1.49(0.69), 0-2
Screen time with parent (days/week), mean (SD, range 2.67 (2.38), 0-7
Screen time with siblings & peers (days/week), mean (SD, range) 4.56(3.19), 0-14

Physical Activity Equipment
Portable (# of items) mean (SD), range 3.58 (0.69), 0-4
Basketball hoop mean, percentage 59%
Playset mean, percentage 61%
Active video games, percentage 49%

Home Parenting Environment
Safety Rules mean (SD), range 2.14 (1.00), 0-3
Physical activity support by parents, dichotomous, <5; >=5 mean (SD), range 0.86 (0.35), 0-1
Physical activity with parent (days/week) mean (SD), range 1.95 (1.78), 0-7
*

n for activity data per Table 2