Parental Influence on Young Children's Physical Activity

Table 1

Logistic regression predicting child daily PA.

Predictors	Beta (SE)	Wald	Odds ratio	Chi-Square
				𝜒^2
Child Age (months)	−.044 (.024)	3.58	.956 ∗
Child Gender (male)	1.075 (.552)	3.78	𝟐.𝟗𝟑^∗
Linguistic Group (French)	.382 (.567)	.454	1.465
TV Time (1 hr or less/day)	1.555 (.562)	7.65	4.74 ∗∗∗
Child At-risk of Overweight/Overweight	.171 (.620)	.076	1.187	18.37 ∗∗∗
Parent Age (years)	−.034 (.034)	1.010	.966
Married	−.869 (.695)	1.567	.419
Income 0–45 K	−.560 (.745)	.565	.571
Income 45–75 K	−.029 (.746)	.001	.972
Postsecondary Education	.305 (.723)	.178	1.356	4.82
Parental Support for PA	.780 (.432)	3.25	2.18 ∗
Parental Enjoyment of PA	.697 (.341)	4.19	2.01 ∗∗
Parental PA Habits	.482 (.251)	3.69	1.620 ∗
Importance of Child’s PA Ability	−.034 (.260)	.017	.966	23.1 ∗∗∗

^∗𝑃<.10; ^∗∗𝑃<.05; ^∗∗∗𝑃<.01.