Table 2

The associations between parental socioeconomic status and preschool children’s objectively measured sedentary time (min/hour) over the course of the week measured by means of linear regression models, adjusted for municipality, season, and the children’s gender and age in the Increased Health and Wellbeing in Preschool (DAGIS) study conducted between years 2015 and 2016 in Finland

Socioeconomic status Indicator	Sedentary time in preschool			Home sedentary time in preschool days			Sedentary time in weekends			Total sedentary time
Socioeconomic status Indicator	β	Lower 95% CI	Higher 95% CI	β	Lower 95% CI	Higher 95% CI	β	Lower 95% CI	Higher 95% CI	β	Lower 95% CI	Higher 95% CI
Maternal education (n between 738 and 744)
Low	0.46	−0.45	1.36	0.47	−0.53	1.47	−0.09	−0.71	0.90	0.33	−0.35	1.00
Medium	−0.53	−1.37	0.31	0.44	−0.28	1.17	−0.17	−0.94	0.59	−0.22	−0.83	0.40
High (reference)
Paternal education (n between 682 and 691)
Low	−0.17	−1.14	0.79	0.05	−0.86	0.96	−0.49	−1.25	0.27	−0.02	−0.68	0.63
Medium	−0.28	−1.28	0.72	0.10	−0.78	0.99	−1.15	−2.01	−0.29	−0.46	−1.10	0.18
High (reference)
Household income (n between 639 and 646)
Low	0.47	−0.34	1.28	−0.85	−1.76	0.06	−0.52	−1.27	0.24	−0.11	−0.74	0.51
Medium	−0.34	−1.16	0.49	−0.22	−0.99	0.54	−0.05	−0.83	0.73	−0.13	−0.69	0.44
High (reference)