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Table 4 Logistic regressions predicting presence of themes (N = 278)

From: “You’ve got to settle down!”: Mothers’ perceptions of physical activity in their young children

Theme

1

2

 

Mothers believe that their children are active (present vs. not)

Many mothers believe that their children’s high activity level is problematic (present vs. not)

 

Odds ratio (95 % Confidence interval)

Family characteristics

 Single parent household (vs. not)

-

-

 Family CHAOS score

-

-

Mother characteristics

 White non-Hispanic (vs. Black non-Hispanic or Other)

-

-

 Overweight (vs. not)

-

-

 Parenting Laxness

-

0.73 (0.54–1.00)

 Employment status employed (employed vs. not)

-

-

Child characteristics

 Age (months)

0.95 (0.90–1.00)

-

 Sex (male vs. female)

-

2.78 (1.45–5.26)

 Overweight (vs. not)

0.37 (0.17–0.82)

-

 Child temperament

  

 CBQ Activity Level

2.37 (1.59–3.54)

-

 CBQ Attentional Focusing

-

-

 CBQ Inhibitory Control

-

0.41 (0.30–0.57)

 CBQ Impulsivity

-

-