Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 278)
From: “You’ve got to settle down!”: Mothers’ perceptions of physical activity in their young children
Participant characteristics | |
|---|---|
Mean (SD, range) or n (%) | |
Family characteristics | |
Single parent household | 124 (44.6 %) |
Total family CHAOS score | 4.0 (3.2, 0.0–12.0) |
Mother characteristics | |
Maternal race/ethnicity: | |
White non-Hispanic | 194 (69.8 %) |
Other | 21 (7.4 %) |
Mother is overweight (BMI ≥ 25) | 214 (77.0 %) |
Parenting Laxness score | 2.7 (1.0, 1.0–5.9) |
Employment status (employed vs. not) | 166 (59.7) |
Child characteristics | |
Child age (months) | 70.9 (8.3, 48.3–96.8) |
Child sex (male) | 145 (52.2 %) |
Child is overweight (BMI ≥ 85th %) | 112 (40.3 %) |
Child temperament: | |
CBQ Activity Level | 5.2 (1.0, 2.3–7.0) |
CBQ Attentional Focusing | 4.8 (1.1, 1.3–7.0) |
CBQ Inhibitory Control | 4.6 (1.1, 1.7–7.0) |
CBQ Impulsivity | 4.9 (1.0, 2.0–7.0) |