Skip to main content
. 2020 Dec 4;17:161. doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-01067-7

Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample of parents and children nested in 605 families, N = 1837

n (%) Mean ± SD
Parents, n = 902
 Gender
  Male 374 (41.5)
  Female 528 (58.5)
 Age (years) 42.9 ± 7.1
 Body mass index 26.9 ± 5.2
 Civil status, n = 708
  Married/cohabiting 652 (92.0)
  Divorced/separated/single/widow(er) 56 (8.0)
 Educational level, n = 713
  Medium or long higher education 290 (40.7)
  Short higher education or vocational education 349 (48.9)
  One or multiple shorter courses or no formal education 74 (10.4)
 Occupation, n = 825
  Employed 710 (86.5)
  Student 49 (5.7)
  Out of work 66 (7.8)
 Physical activity
  LPA (minutes/day)a 212.6 ± 56.0
  MVPA (minutes/day)b 25.5 ± 16.0
  VPA (minutes/day)c 5.5 ± 6.8
Children, n = 935
 Gender
  Boys 420 (45.0)
  Girls 515 (55.0)
 Age (years) 11 ± 4.5
 Physical activity
  LPA (minutes/day)a 197.5 ± 50.0
  MVPA (minutes/day)b 56.8 ± 34.0
  VPA (minutes/day)c 23.7 ± 19.8

aLPA Light physical activity, bMVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, cVPA Vigorous physical activity