Physical activity and sedentary behaviour of adolescents and their parents: a specific analysis by sex and socioeconomic status

Mesquita, Eduardo Duarte de Lima; Tebar, William Rodrigues; Correia, Dayane Cristina Queiroz; Guica, Juziane Teixeira; Torres, Wésley; Fernandes, Rômulo Araújo; Agostinete, Ricardo Ribeiro; Christofaro, Diego Giulliano Destro

doi:10.1186/s13690-023-01185-1

Archives of Public Health

Table 4 Association between different domains of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adolescents and their parents, according to sex and socioeconomic status (adolescents n = 1231; mothers n = 1202; fathers n = 871)

From: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour of adolescents and their parents: a specific analysis by sex and socioeconomic status

	PA domains						Sedentary behaviour domains
	Leisure time PA			Commuting PA			TV			Computer
	β (95% CI)	p-value	R²	β (95% CI)	p-value	R²	β (95% CI)	p-value	R²	β (95% CI)	p-value	R²
Boys
High economic class
Father	0.23 (0.06; 0.45)	0.044	0.09	0.12 (-0.22; 0.46)	0.472	0.02	0.10 (-0.11; 0.32)	0.353	0.10	-0.45 (-1.95; 1.05)	0.551	0.04
Mother	0.22 (-0.10; 0.55)	0.178	0.04	0.28 (0.03; 0.53)	0.027	0.09	0.09 (-0.14; 0.32)	0.444	0.02	1.10 (-0.27; 2.49)	0.114	0.17
Medium economic class
Father	0.13 (-0.05; 0.32)	0.167	0.03	0.14 (-0.03; 0.31)	0.110	0.04	0.07 (-0.07; 0.23)	0.313	0.04	-0.14 (-1.02; 0.72)	0.735	0.04
Mother	0.13 (-0.10; 0.37)	0.259	0.01	0.29 (0.11; 0.47)	< 0.001	0.07	0.13 (0.00; 0.27)	0.046	0.05	0.48 (-0.28; 1.24)	0.218	0.03
Low economic class
Father	0.31 (0.14; 0.48)	< 0.001	0.10	0.21 (0.06; 0.35)	0.005	0.05	0.13 (0.02; 0.25)	0.022	0.08	0.64 (-0.02; 0.13)	0.059	0.03
Mother	0.19 (-0.02; 0.41)	0.083	0.04	0.15 (0.02; 0.28)	0.020	0.03	0.01 (-0.08; 0.11)	0.789	0.08	0.27 (-0.33; 0.87)	0.382	0.01
Girls
High economic class
Father	0.14 (-0.11; 0.40)	0.269	0.16	0.28 (-0.00; 0.56)	0.051	0.12	0.18 (-0.13; 0.48)	0.256	0.10	1.72 (0.05; 3.39)	0.043	0.16
Mother	0.25 (-0.07; 0.58)	0.123	0.14	0.45 (0.21; 0.69)	< 0.001	0.29	-0.04 (-0.28; 0.20)	0.748	0.07	0.81 (-0.51; 2.14)	0.223	0.08
Medium economic class
Father	0.27 (0.11; 0.42)	0.001	0.10	0.21 (0.09; 0.32)	0.001	0.11	0.04 (-0.11; 0.19)	0.607	0.01	0.35 (-0.48; 1.19)	0.404	0.03
Mother	0.18 (-0.02; 0.39)	0.085	0.04	0.27 (0.15; 0.39)	0.085	0.11	0.15 (0.01; 0.29)	0.029	0.04	0.50 (-0.28; 1.28)	0.210	0.04
Low economic class
Father	0.11 (-0.01; 0.22)	0.061	0.02	0.16 (0.06; 0.24)	0.001	0.05	0.28 (0.18; 0.39)	< 0.001	0.12	0.47 (-0.11; 1.04)	0.118	0.02
Mother	0.38 (0.25; 0.50)	< 0.001	0.08	0.23 (0.14; 0.32)	< 0.001	0.07	0.25 (0.17; 0.32)	< 0.001	0.09	0.57 (0.12; 1.03)	0.014	0.02

Adjusted by adolescent’s age, parent’s age, and parent’s education
*Note: Each domain association analysis analyzed separately; ex: father’s leisure time PA and their sons’ and daughters’ leisure time PA; Mother’s TV use and their sons’ and daughters’ TV use, , use, Bold values denote statistical association/significance with P < 0.050.

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