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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 Apr;51(4):663–670. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001839

Table 4.

Changes in MVPA associated with life events by sex

Change in MVPA (Hours/Week) from Wave 1 to Wave 2a Change in MVPA (Hours/Week) from Wave 2 to Wave 3a Change in MVPA (Hours/Week) from Wave 3 to Wave 4a
Males
 Had First Child N/A −1.21 [−2.19, −0.23]b −0.59 [−1.42, 0.24]
 Began Working more than 20 hrs/wk For Pay −0.09 [−0.97, 0.80] −0.24 [−1.41, 0.93] 0.28 [−2.68, 3.24]
 Got Married N/A 0.19 [−0.83, 1.21] −0.3 [−1.33, 0.72]
 Began Post-Secondary Education N/A −0.2 [−1.48, 1.09] −0.34 [−1.76, 1.08]
 Left Post-Secondary Education N/A −0.96 [−2.06, 0.14] −0.17 [−1.74, 1.39]
 Left Parental Home N/A 0.93 [−0.43, 2.29] −1.19 [−2.6,0.23]
Females
 Had First Child N/A −0.6 [−1.22, 0.03] −1.46 [−2.03, −0.88]b
 Began Working more than 20 hrs/wk For Pay −0.36 [−1.02, 0.33] 0.35 [−0.40, 1.10] 0.09 [−1.51, 1.69]
 Got Married N/A −0.55 [−1.23, 0.13] −1.67 [−2.35, −0.98]b
 Began Post-Secondary Education N/A 0.18 [−0.66, 1.01] 0.66 [−0.2, 1.53]
 Left Post-Secondary Education N/A 0.28 [−0.43, 0.99] −1.38 [−2.38, −0.38]b
 Left Parental Home N/A −0.07 [−0.98, 0.85] −0.98 [−2.14, 0.19]
a

Model adjusted for age, race and SES

b

Estimate is statistically significant at p < 0.05