Table 1.
Variables associated with children’s sedentary time by child- and day-level.
| Variable | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child-level | ||
| Socio-demographic | ||
| Gender | Child survey (categorical) | Self-reported gender as boy or girl (boy/girl) |
| Ethnicity | Child survey (categorical) | Ethnicity coded as either Caucasian or Indigenous and other ethnicity (Caucasian or Indigenous and Visible Minority) |
| Age | Child survey (continuous) | Age in years |
| Home and neighbourhood environment | ||
| Maternal education | Parent survey (categorical) | Mother’s education (high school and below/college and above) |
| Family composition | Child survey (categorical) | Number of parents in the main household (two parents/lone parent) |
| Screen-time rules | Child survey (categorical) | Self-reported if child had screen-time rules (yes/no) |
| Screen in bedroom | Child survey (categorical) | Self-reported if child had a screen in their bedroom (yes/no) |
| Urbanicity | GIS (categorical) | Categorical variable regarding whether the child lives in or outside the two settled communities (rural-small town/rural) |
| Day-level | ||
| Maximum temperature | Historical weather data (continuous) | Continuous variable data based on maximum temperature from closest weather station |
| Rain days | Historical weather data (categorical) | Categorical variable based on whether it had rained that day (rain vs. no rain) |
| Snow days | Historical weather data (categorical) | Categorical variable based on whether it had snowed that day snow (snow/no snow) |
| Day type | Weekday or weekend day (categorical) | Categorical variable based on whether data were collected during a weekday or weekend day (weekday/weekend) |