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. 2013 Dec 5;13:1132. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1132

Table 3.

The association (beta coefficient and 95% confidence interval) of parent belief and support with grade five boys’ physical activity 1 on school days and weekend days

 
 School days
 Weekend days
 
 Univariable
 Multivariable
 Univariable
 Multivariable
 
 Model 1 2
Model 2 3
Model 1 2
Model 2 3
  β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI)
Care staying fit & exercising
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A little bit
 -618
 -1542, 306
 -654
 -1582, 273
 -430
 -1394, 534
 -505
 -2105, 1095
 -658
 -2225, 910
 -168
 -1811, 1475
  Quite a lot4
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
  Very much
 505
 -260, 1270
 453
 -316, 1222
 79
 -718, 877
 1439*
 121, 2758
 1381*
 85, 2676
 1306
 -50, 2661
Encourage physical activity
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A little bit
 -269
 -1418, 880
 -286
 -1436, 864
 -165
 -1358, 1028
 -944
 -2940, 1051
 -1032
 -2980, 917
 -563
 -2570, 1445
  Quite a lot4
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
  Very much
 1408*
 690, 2126
 1372*
 653, 2092
 1373*
 606, 2139
 939
 -322, 2201
 936
 -300, 2171
 625
 -686, 1935
Engage in physical activity
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  <1 time/week
 -240
 -971, 491
 -246
 -973, 482
 112
 -641, 865
 -1680*
 -2937, -424
 -1669*
 -2888, -450
 -1367*
 -2643, -90
  1-3 times/week4
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
 0
 -
  >4 time/week 492 -650, 1635 566 -571, 1702 264 -882, 1410 -1276 -3254, 701 -1076 -2998, 846 -1350 -3309, 608

1– pedometer-measured steps adjusted for non-ambulatory activities, non-wear time activities, and missing data.

2– Model 1 is adjusted for household income, parental educational attainment and year of data collection.

3– Model 2 is adjusted for parental care about staying fit and exercising, encourage physical activity, engage in physical activity together, household income, parental educational attainment, and year of data collection.

4– reference category.

*– considered statistically significant at P < 0.05.