Table 4 Home sedentary behaviour environment according to parental educational level (analysis of variance and chi-square test)
Parental educational level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Low | Middle | High | ||
Mean (SD)/% | p-value | ||||
Physical home sedentary behaviour environment | |||||
Number of screens in the household accessible to the child (n = 827) | 5.00 (1.2) | 4.96 (1.2) | 5.01 (1.1) | 5.03 (1.1) | 0.80 |
Social home sedentary behaviour environment | |||||
Satisfaction | |||||
The parent is satisfied with the child’s screen time (agree somewhat or strongly)a,b (n = 796) | 69% | 70% | 69% | 69% | 0.98 |
Importance | |||||
It is important for the parent to limit the child’s screen time (agree somewhat or strongly)c (n = 795) | 86% | 82% | 86% | 91% | 0.01 |
Parent’s opinion about ‘suitable screen time’ (Descriptive norm for screen time) | |||||
Suitable screen time per day for 3–6-year-old children: a maximum of 1 h (n = 797) | 42% | 41% | 38% | 50% | 0.02 |
Role modelling for screen time | |||||
Parent’s screen time in the presence of the child (hour/day)a (n = 797) | 1.00 (0.7) | 1.06 (0.9) | 0.99 (0.7) | 0.82 (0.6) | 0.001 |
Rules | |||||
Parent has rules limiting the child’s TV time (applies to families with a TV at home)d (n = 776) | 75% | 73% | 77% | 76% | 0.57 |
Parent has rules limiting child’s other screen time (applies to families with other screens besides TVs)d (n = 781) | 79% | 80% | 78% | 79% | 0.91 |