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Table 2 Early Childhood Education Candidates’ Demographic Information and Personal Activity Behaviours (n = 1292)

From: Exploring the physical activity and screen-viewing-related knowledge, training, and self-efficacy of early childhood education candidates

Participant Characteristic

N

%

Participant Characteristic

N

%

Sex

Type of Early Childhood Education Program

 Male

12

1.8

 Certificate

190

16.5

 Female

645

96.1

 Diploma

768

71.5

Ethnicity

 Degree

115

9.9

 Caucasian

370

55.1

 Other

13

2.0

 African Canadian

12

1.8

Year of Study

 Aboriginal/First Nations

53

7.9

 1

582

49.3

 Hispanic

11

1.6

 2

424

35.9

 Asian

105

15.6

 3

71

6.0

 Arab

16

2.4

 4

42

3.6

 Other

64

9.5

 Other

61

5.2

Enrolment Status

Experience Working in a Childcare Setting

 Full-time

1048

89.1

 Yes

1055

89.0

 Part-time

128

10.9

 No

131

11.0

Minutes of weekly MVPA

Minutes of daily recreational screen-viewing

 <30

147

21.8

 <60

104

15.4

 30–59

206

30.6

 60–100

197

29.2

 60–89

99

14.7

 101–149

117

17.3

 90–119

80

11.9

 150–199

94

13.9

 120–149

65

9.7

 200–239

67

9.9

 150+

76

11.3

 240+

96

14.2

  1. Note. Column total per section may not always match the total number of participants due to skipped questions; MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity