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Table 2 Characteristics of parents and their preschool-aged children in the Guelph Family Health Study Pilot 2

From: Mothers’ and fathers’ media parenting practices associated with young children’s screen-time: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Children

Families

Mother

Fathers

N = 62

N = 39

N = 39

N = 25

Total number of children in family, n (%)

 1

 

7 (17.94)

  

 2

 

21 (53.85)

  

 3 or more

 

11 (28.21)

  

Sex, n (%)

 Male

35 (56.45)

  

25 (39.06)

 Female

27 (43.55)

 

39 (60.94)

 

Age, y, Mean (SD)

3.65 (1.36)

 

36.80 (4.75)

38.76 (6.53)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Caucasian

54 (87.1)

 

35 (89.74)

23 (92.00)

 Other

8 (12.9)

 

4 (10.26)

2 (8.00)

Screen Time, hours

 Weekday Mean (SD)

1.24 (0.75)

 

2.29 (1.26)

1.74 (0.83)

 Weekend Mean (SD)

1.88 (1.27)

 

2.24 (1.09)

2.20 (1.42)

Weight status, BMIa, Mean (SD)

0.66 (1.04)

 

27.94 (7.67)

27.41 (4.50)

Household Income, n (%) of families

 <$40,000

 

3 (7.69)

  

 $40,000–$69,999

 

5 (12.82)

  

 $70,000–$99,999

 

9 (23.08)

  

 $1000 000–$149,999

 

12 (30.77)

  

 >$150,000

 

9 (23.08)

  

 Did not Answer

 

1 (2.56)

  
  1. aBMI (N = 60) was used for adult weight status, four women were omitted d/t pregnancy; BMI z score (N = 60) was used for child weight status to account for age and sex, two children omitted as unable to obtain height measurement