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Table 2 Descriptive data analysis II: Parents

From: A cross-sectional, exploratory survey on health-relevant free-time activities and body mass index in preschool children in urban and rural settings of Austria

  

Total

Urban

Rural

p

p-adjust

(n = 130)

(n = 58)

(n = 72)

Age mother

years

34 (22-51)

34 (22-47)

34 (25-51)

0.576

1

Age father

years

36 (24-62)

36 (24-55)

36 (24-62)

0.596

1

Employment mother

no

18% (23)

15.8% (9)

19.7% (14)

0.647

1

yes

82% (105)

84.2% (48)

80.3% (57)

Employment father

no

5.6% (7)

7.1% (4)

4.4% (3)

0.7

1

yes

94.4% (117)

92.9% (52)

95.6% (65)

Highest education level mother

< high school diploma

40.6% (52)

32.8% (19)

47.1% (33)

0.249

1

high school diploma

31.3% (40)

36.2% (21)

27.1% (19)

university

28.1% (36)

31.0% (18)

25.7% (18)

Highest education level father

< high school diploma

43.5% (54)

25.9% (15)

59.1% (39)

0.001*

0.006*

high-school diploma

26.6% (33)

32.8% (19)

21.2% (14)

university

29.8% (37)

41.4% (24)

19.7% (13)

  1. Categorial data: frequency in % (absolute number); 2-sided p-value Fisher’s Exact Test; Quantitative data: median (min – max); 2-sided p-value Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U test; * p-value <0.05, p-adjust value after Bonferroni correction