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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2022 Jan 31;46(1):49–59. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.46.1.5

Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis of Household Chaos and Child Health Behaviors

Variables Model 1a Model 2b Model 3c
β 95% CI β 95% CI β 95% CI

Physical activity (PA)

Moderate-to-vigorous PA

 Household chaos −.35 [−1.36, .66] −.25 [−1.22, 0.71] −.51 [−1.50, .49]
 Child age -- -- −2.83 [−6.13, 0.47] −2.56 [−5.86, .75]
 Child sex -- -- −11.05** [−18.04, −4.07] −10.90** [−17.72, −4.09]
 Child BMI z-score -- -- −2.72 [−6.34, .92] −1.71 [−5.41, 1.98]
 Economic assistance -- -- −.38 [−7.99, 7.22] −3.03 [−10.7, 4.65]
 Number of children in household -- -- -- -- 4.31* [.93, 7.07]
 Parent weekly MVPA -- -- -- -- −.66 [−1.85, .52]
 Child PA self-efficacy -- -- -- -- .48 [−.64, 1.61]
 Child PA support -- -- -- -- .72 [−.23, 1.68]

  Model adjusted R2 −0.01 .09 .14
  Model p-value .49 .01 <.01

Total PA

 Household chaos .95 [−2.02, 4.11] 1.40 [−1.75, 4.55] .47 [−2.69, 3.67]
 Child age -- -- −12.62 [−23.34, −1.91] −11.51 [−22.07, −.96]
 Child sex -- -- −9.86 [−32.53, 12.81] −9.42 [−31.18, 12.35]
 Child BMI z-score -- -- −5.33 [−17.15, 6.50] −1.45 [−13.25, 10.35]
 Economic assistance -- -- −11.13 [−35.83, 13.57] −20.98 [−45.48, 3.51]
 Number of children in household -- -- -- -- 15.40** [4.58, 26.21]
 Parent weekly MVPA -- -- -- -- −2.75 [−6.54, 1.04]
 Child PA self-efficacy -- -- -- -- 1.91 [−1.69, 5.51]
 Child PA support -- -- -- -- 2.75 [−.30, 5.81]

  Model adjusted R2 −.01 .03 .11
  Model p-value .55 .18 .01

Sedentary behavior (SB)

Total SB

 Household chaos .45 [−3.8, 4.7] .59 [−3.65, 4.84] .88 [−3.67, 5.43]
 Child age -- -- 4.18 [−10.26, 18.62] 4.07 [−10.50, 18.64]
 Child sex -- -- 13.20 [−17.36, 43.75] 15.66 [−16.18, 47.51]
 Child BMI z-score -- -- 4.45 [−11.49, 20.38] 4.43 [−11.66, 20.53]
 Economic assistance -- -- −29.08 [−62.36, 4.20] −26.99 [−62.14, 8.15]
 Number of children in household -- -- -- -- −.15 [−15.68, 15.38]
 Parent daily screen-time -- -- -- -- −3.97 [−17.02, 9.09]

  Model adjusted R2 −.01 −.0003 −0.02
  Model p-value .83 .43 .63

Screen-time

Weekday screen-time

 Household chaos .11** [.03, .19] .10* [.02, .17] .07 [−.01, .15]
 Child age -- -- .29* [.04, .55] .30* [.05, .55]
 Child sex -- -- .24 [−3.1, .79] .08 [−.48, .63]
 Child BMI z-score -- -- .29* [.005,.58] .30* [.02, .58]
 Economic assistance -- -- .03 [−.56, .63] −.18 [−.79, .43]
 Number of children in household -- -- -- -- .16 [−.11, .43]
 Parent daily screen-time -- -- -- -- .27* [.05, .50]

  Model adjusted r2 .06 .12 .15
  Model p-value <.01 <.01 <.01

Weekend screen-time

 Household chaos .13** [.05, .22] .13** [.05, .21] .09* [.004, .17]
 Child age -- -- .25 [−.04, .52] .25 [−.02, .52]
 Child sex -- -- −.02 [−.61, .57] −.25 [−.83, .34]
 Child BMI z-score -- -- .27 [−.04, .58] .28 [−.02, .58]
 Economic assistance -- -- −.36 [−.99, .29] −.62 [−1.27, .02]
 Number of children in household -- -- .18 [−.11, .46]
 Parent daily screen-time -- -- -- -- .38** [.14, .62]

  Model adjusted R2 .08 .12 .19
  Model p-value <.01 <.01 <.001
a

Model 1 consists of only household chaos and the outcome variable of interest.

b

Model 2 includes household chaos, the outcome variable of interest, and any confounders identified from the literature.

c

Model 3 includes household chaos, the outcomes variable of interest, any confounders, and covariates identified from the literature.

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001