Table 1.
Characteristics and physical activity of the children
| N (%) | MVPAc mean (standard deviation) | p-Value for difference in MVPAc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | All | 889 (100.0) | 82.0 (37.2) | |
| Basic characteristics child | ||||
| Age | ||||
| 6 to 9 year olds (ref.) | 378 (42.5) | 108.5 (33.2) | ||
| 10 to 12 year olds | 311 (35.0) | 71.7 (26.3) | ||
| 13 to 16 year olds | 200 (22.5) | 48.0 (18.4 | < 0.001 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Boys (ref.) | 466 (52.4) | 92.1(39.4) | ||
| Girls | 423 (47.6) | 70.9 (31.0) | < 0.001 | |
| Overweight Child | ||||
| No | 756 (88.4) | 82.0 (37.1) | ||
| Yes | 99 (11.6) | 80.8 (37.9) | 0.60 | |
| Parental characteristics | ||||
| Participation parents | ||||
| Mother only (ref.) | 516 (58.0) | 83.6 (37.8) | ||
| Father only | 203 (22.8) | 79.9 (34.2) | ||
| Both parents | 170 (19.1) | 79.8 (38.6) | 0.35 | |
| Age participating parenta | ||||
| 40 and less | 227 (25.8) | 98.9 (38.7) | ||
| 41 to 50 | 573 (64.3) | 77.6 (35.1) | ||
| 51 and more | 76 (9.9) | 66.2 (31.7) | < 0.001 | |
| Overweight participating parenta | ||||
| No | 613 (70.5) | 81.5 (36.8) | ||
| Yes | 258 (29.6) | 82.7 (37.5) | 0.79 | |
| Family characteristics | ||||
| Nationality | ||||
| Swiss (ref.) | 623 (70.1) | 82.4 (37.7) | ||
| Dual citizenship | 174 (19.6) | 80.6 (35.5) | ||
| Non-Swiss | 92 (10.4) | 81.9 (37.0) | 0.94 | |
| Highest education parents | ||||
| Low (ref.) | 21 (2.4) | 76.2 (27.7) | ||
| Medium | 479 (54.0) | 80.7 (36.9) | ||
| High | 387(43.6) | 84.0 (37.9) | 0.64 | |
| Workload participating parenta | ||||
| 50% and less (ref.) | 629 (71.6) | 83.2 (36.9) | ||
| 51–75% | 127(14.5) | 80.4 (39.0) | ||
| 75% and more | 123 (14.0) | 77.4 (36.3) | 0.18 | |
| Parent child relationshipb | ||||
| Score of 75 and less (ref.) | 315 (36.2) | 81.2 (38.0) | ||
| 76 to 90 | 322 (37.0) | 85.4 (36.9) | ||
| 91 and more | 234 (26.9) | 78.2 (36.2) | 0.04 | |
| Siblings | ||||
| 0 (ref.) | 159 (18.4) | 75.0 (37.3) | ||
| 1 | 419 (48.44) | 80.5 (36.9) | ||
| 2 and more | 220 (25.4) | 88.5 (36.5) | < 0.001 | |
| Parental co-activity | ||||
| No regular co-activity (ref.) | 722 (82.2) | 81.0 (36.8)) | ||
| Once a week and more | 167 (18.8) | 86.5 (38.6) | 0.12 | |
| PA role model | ||||
| Sport participation parentala | ||||
| Never/seldom (ref.) | 223 (35.5) | 82.9 (39.1) | ||
| At least once a week | 253 (28.9) | 77.0 (33.4) | ||
| Several times a week | 400 (45.7) | 84.5 (37.8)) | 0.08 | |
| Bike for transport in target weeka | ||||
| No | 517 (60.6) | 80.0 (36.0) | ||
| Yes | 336 (39.4) | 85.4 (38.7) | 0.07 | |
| Environment | ||||
| Walkability | ||||
| Low | 297 (33.4) | 78.4 34.7) | ||
| Medium | 275 (30.9) | 83.3 (39.5) | ||
| High | 317 (35.7) | 84.2 (37.2) | 0.17 | |
| Urbanicity | ||||
| Rural area | 302 (34.0) | 79.8 (34.2) | ||
| Agglomeration | 411 (46.2) | 81.8 (38.1) | ||
| Urban area | 176 (19.8) | 86.3 (39.6) | 0.24 | |
| Language region | ||||
| German | 671 (75.5) | 83.9 (37.8) | ||
| French | 184 (20.7) | 76.3 (34.5) | ||
| Italian | 34 (3.8) | 76.1 (35.1) | 0.03 | |
aIf both parents participated, answers from the mother were considered
bThe parent child relationship is based on the family module of the KINDLR questionnaire. The highest score of 100 denotes a perfect relationship and the lowest score of 1 denotes a very bad relationship
cMVPA = moderate to vigorous physical activity
Missing’s were substituted by an own category but not presented in the table