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. 2016 Jul 21;13(7):740. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13070740

Table 3.

Bivariate (Pearson) correlations with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) between parents’ and children’s daily step counts and screen time.

Variable Step Counts (Number per Day) Screen Time (Minutes per Day)
Daughters Sons All Daughters Sons All
Weekdays
Mothers 0.47 ***
(0.27–0.63)
0.37 ***
(0.17–0.53)
0.39 ***
(0.25–0.51)
0.15 0.31 **
(0.08–0.51)
0.21 **
(0.05–0.37)
Fathers 0.34 **
(0.06–0.56)
0.24
(−0.02–0.46)
0.29 **
(0.11–0.45)
0.49 **
(0.22–0.69)
0.15 0.28 **
(0.08–0.46)
Weekends
Mothers 0.69 ***
(0.55–0.79)
0.25 **
(0.04–0.43)
0.46 ***
(0.33–0.57)
0.27 *
(0.03–0.48)
0.43 ***
(0.22–0.61)
0.34 ***
(0.185–0.48)
Fathers 0.46 ***
(0.20–0.65)
0.29 *
(0.04–0.50)
0.36 ***
(0.19–0.51)
0.57 ***
(0.32–0.75)
0.17 0.31 **
(0.11–0.48)
Week
Mother 0.58 ***
(0.41–0.71)
0.35 ***
(0.15–0.52)
0.44 ***
(0.31–0.56)
0.26 *
(0.02–0.48)
0.41 ***
(0.19–0.59)
0.33 ***
(0.16–0.47)
Father 0.39 **
(0.12–0.60)
0.23
(−0.02–0.45)
0.31 ***
(0.13–0.47)
0.63 ***
(0.40–0.79)
0.18 0.38 ***
(0.18–0.54)

Notes: Statistical significance is expressed as * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001.