Research Article

Physical Activity in Different Preschool Settings: An Exploratory Study

Table 3

Distribution of the anthropometrical data and family markers in the sample differentiated by cities.

Anthropometrical dataFreiburg (D)Landau (D)Basel (CH)Strasbourg (F)Total
M (SD)M (SD)M (SD)M (SD)M (SD)

Weight-SDS (in kg)0.25 (0.80)0.34 (0.86)0.09 (0.99)0.52 (1.03)0.31 (0.94)
Height-SDS (in cm)0.22 (0.91)0.36 (0.83)0.13 (0.92)0.54 (1.35)0.32 (1.06)
BMI-SDS0.18 (0.85)0.18 (0.78)0.07 (1.02)1.12 (1.78)*0.46 (1.33)
%BF18.83 (4.99)18.66 (3.63)17.49 (4.48)18.99 (5.21)18.50 (4.71)
Mother’s BMI23.95 (5.04)22.99 (3.76)23.46 (3.77)23.73 (4.93)23.59 (4.46)
Father’s BMI24.90 (2.11)25.71 (4.05)24.92 (3.66)25.23 (2.78)25.15 (3.07)

Family markers (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

Single parent 5 (17.9)5 (26.3)3 (13.0)5 (16.1)18 (17.8)
In partnership23 (82.1)14 (73.7)20 (87.0)26 (83.9)83 (82.2)
1-child family4 (14.3)6 (33.3)3 (12.0)6 (18.2)19 (18.3)
2-child family13 (46.4)8 (44.4)12 (48.0)15 (45.5)48 (46.2)
<2-child family11 (39.3)4 (22.2)10 (40.0)12 (32.4)37 (32.5)

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