N | Overall activity (counts/min) | Sedentary (hours/day) | Moderate and vigorous (min/day) | Steps/day | Percentage of children meeting recommended PA (SE(†)) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All children | 6497 | 595 507, 697 | 6.4 5.9, 6.9 | 60.1 47.1, 76.2 | 10 229 8777, 11 775 | 50.8 (0.009) |
Child's gender | ||||||
Male | 3176 | 630a (§) 541, 757 | 6.4a 5.9, 6.9 | 67.1a 53.9, 83.7 | 10739a 9213, 12 499 | 63.3a (0.012) |
Female | 3321 | 561a 481, 656 | 6.5a 6.0, 7.2 | 54.4a 44.4, 67.1 | 9699a 8389, 11 063 | 37.8a (0.011) |
Child's ethnicity(‡) | ||||||
White | 5710 | 597a 512, 701 | 6.5a,b 6.0, 7.1 | 60.2a 47.8, 75.9 | 10343a–f 8926, 11 940 | 51.4 (0.010) |
Mixed | 168 | 572b 505, 643 | 6.8a 6.3, 7.3 | 62.2b 49.9, 66.7 | 10071a,g–i 8553, 11 167 | 51.5 (0.040) |
Indian | 139 | 511a–e 437, 680 | 6.9b–f 6.4, 7.4 | 52.6a–d 40.9, 66.7 | 8699b,g 7477, 9667 | 40.0 (0.049) |
Pakistani | 177 | 563c 484, 680 | 6.4c 5.9, 7.0 | 58.2 46.4, 74.8 | 9419c,h 7906, 11 120 | 45.2 (0.058) |
Bangladeshi | 70 | 538 450, 639 | 6.5d 6.0, 7.0 | 52.9 42.1, 70.6 | 8894d,i 6889, 10 013 | 32.8 (0.087) |
Black | 142 | 598d 517, 737 | 6.5e 6.0, 7.0 | 63.1c 52.6, 86.3 | 9468d 7878, 10 857 | 52.0 (0.054) |
Other | 90 | 581e 476, 650 | 6.5f 6.1, 7.7 | 58.2 45.8, 74.1 | 9814f 8270, 10 798 11 710 440 | 53.9 (0.081) |
Maternal current or most recent occupation by child age 7 | ||||||
Managerial and professional occupations | 2190 | 585 502, 690 | 6.6a 6.0, 7.1 | 59.4 46.8, 74.6 | 10 135 8685, 11 662 | 48.8a (0.013) |
Intermediate occupations | 1202 | 597 511, 697 | 6.5b 6.1, 7.0 | 58.39.2 47.8, 75.8 | 10 239 8843, 11 722 | 48.7b (0.017) |
Small employers and own account workers | 442 | 596 516, 671 | 6.6 6.1, 7.0 | 60.5c 48.3, 73.6 | 10 237 8901, 11 598 | 48.6c (0.031) |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 288 | 598 505, 675 | 6.6c 6.1, 7.0 | 60.5 48.3, 73.6 | 10 152 8596, 11 710 | 51.0 (0.033) |
Semiroutine and routine occupations | 1865 | 597 508, 710 | 6.5d 5.9, 7.0 | 61.5 47.3, 77.2 | 10 380 8891, 12 127 | 52.3 (0.015) |
Never worked and long-term unemployed | 268 | 603 529,, 607 | 6.3a–d 5.9, 6.9 | 62.2 49.1, 77.0 | 10 116 8702, 11 017 | 59.7a–c (0.040) |
Lone parenthood status | ||||||
No | 5536 | 589a 504, 693 | 6.54a 6.0, 7.1 | 59.6a 47.1, 75.0 | 10127a 8683, 11 703 | 49.7a (0.010) |
Yes | 961 | 606a 521, 712 | 6.48a 5.9, 7.0 | 63.0a 50.3, 78.2 | 10471a 9026, 12 242 | 54.7a (0.021) |
No. of children in the household | ||||||
Only child | 726 | 594 510, 679 | 6.6a 6.1, 7.1 | 61.9 48.0, 74.9 | 10 259 8920, 11 950 | 51.9 (0.023) |
At least one other child | 5771 | 593 507, 697 | 6.5a 6.0, 7.0 | 60.0 47.5, 75.9 | 10 222 8761, 11 762 | 50.7 (0.009) |
Country | ||||||
England | 4204 | 589a,b 504, 692 | 6.6a,b 6.0, 7.1 | 60.6a 46.9, 75.3 | 10147a,b 8743, 11 763 | 50.9a (0.011) |
Wales | 898 | 606a 509, 711 | 6.5a 5.9, 7.0 | 61.6b 47.0, 77.8 | 10357a,c 8931, 11 922 | 51.7b (0.021) |
Scotland | 761 | 615b,c 578, 715 | 6.4b,c 5.9, 6.9 | 61.8c 50.5, 78.1 | 10521b,d 9022, 12 027 | 52.5c (0.024) |
Northern Ireland | 634 | 586c 486, 617 | 6.6c 6.0, 7.1 | 57.6a–c 45.5, 73.4 | 9895c,d 8031, 11 351 | 43.4a–c (0.021) |
(*) Medians and IQR adjusted by seasons of measurement.
(†) The prevalences of children meeting the recommended MVPA guidelines are adjusted for gender, ethnicity, maternal current or most recent occupation, lone parenthood status, number of children in the household, country of residence and season of measurement.
(‡) This variable was based on a derived variable from the 2001 Census ethnicity categories indicating the ethnic identity of the children in the MCS data. Aggregate groupings were imposed on these categories to create a smaller manageable number of categories. The names of the groups were also adjusted for reporting. The final ethnic groups were: White (including White-British, White-Irish, White-Welsh, White-Scottish and other white background); Mixed; Indian; Pakistani; Bangladeshi; Black (including Black-Caribbean, Black-African and Black-British) and other (including other Asian, other Black, Chinese and other).
(§) As there are many multiple comparisons among levels of factors included in the models, this table does not show any p values and only indicates those pairwise differences which were significantly different after applying the Benjamini-Hochberg correction for false discovery rate. We used superindices (a–i) to indicate pairs of groups within a factor that differed significantly pairwise (p<0.05). For example, medians of minutes of overall activity significantly differed pairwise between England and Wales (a), England and Scotland (b), and Scotland and Northern Ireland (c).