Table 3.

Comparison of parent-reported child participation in physical activity, play, and sedentary behaviour by parent anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 328).

		Days per week ≥60 min of MVPA	Days per week playing	Days per month visiting a park	≥2 h per day watching television/videos	≥2 h per day using computer or gaming	≥2 h per day using screen-based devices
	N	Marginal mean (95CI)	Marginal mean (95CI)	Marginal mean (95CI)	OR (95CI)	OR (95CI)	OR (95CI)
Anxiety
Low	211	3.09 (2.56, 3.62)	3.40 (2.88, 3.92)	5.42 (4.08, 6.76)	1	1	1
High	117	2.59 (2.01, 3.17)	2.97 (2.40, 3.54)	3.00 (1.54, 4.47)*	1.47 (0.83, 2.61)	1.78 (1.02, 3.11)*	1.04 (0.62, 1.73)

Low anxiety includes participants reporting being somewhat or not at all anxious due to COVID-19. High anxiety includes participants reporting being extremely or very anxious due to COVID-19. Adjusted for child gender, parent gender, child age, parent age, gross annual household income, parent employment status, parent education, parent ethnicity, marital status, number of children in household, and dog ownership. OR: Odds ratio estimated from binary logistic regression. Marginal mean estimated from linear regression model.

95CI: 95 percent confidence interval. *p < .05