Ethnic Differences in Family Childcare Providers’ Nutrition- and Activity-Related Attitudes and Barriers

Table 4

Family childcare providers’ physical activity and screen-time-related attitudes and barriers by ethnicity status.

Variable	Mean (SD)				Adjusted^c
	All	Latinx	Non-Latinx		F	P
Positive attitudes
You enjoy joining in with the children in play^a	4.94 (0.26)	4.95 (0.22)	4.91 (0.35)	0.431	0.17	0.680
Children behave better when they are given plenty of physical activity^a	4.85 (0.48)	4.83 (0.50)	4.89 (0.43)	0.414	0.01	0.922
Child care settings affect children’s lifelong physical activity habits^a	4.49 (0.99)	4.45 (1.06)	4.62 (0.74)	0.315	1.07	0.303
You have enough time to help the children be physically active^b	3.68 (2.15)	3.45 (2.27)	4.30 (1.68)	0.021	0.30	0.588
You know how to help the children be more physically active^b	3.52 (2.15)	3.23 (2.25)	4.28 (1.68)	0.004	5.05	0.026
You know how to get the children to be physically active during bad weather^b	3.43 (2.12)	3.21 (2.21)	4.00 (1.77)	0.031	0.29	0.592
Parents feel it is safe for children to play outside^b	3.36 (2.15)	3.05 (2.20)	4.17 (1.77)	0.002	3.35	0.069
You know how to lead physical activity lessons^b	3.36 (2.13)	3.13 (2.19)	3.96 (1.83)	0.023	0.299	0.585
Parents send the right clothing for children to play outside^b	2.83 (2.06)	2.86 (2.19)	2.77 (1.71)	0.793	7.52	0.007
Parents want children to go outside even when it’s cold or raining^b	1.64 (1.53)	1.48 (1.47)	2.04 (1.62)	0.031	0.28	0.599
Misconceptions
It is OK to let children watch educational programs on TV or the Internet^a	3.98 (0.93)	4.05 (0.90)	3.79 (0.98)	0.100	0.74	0.393
Perceived barriers
You worry about the children’s safety when they are playing outside^b	3.05 (2.25)	3.41 (2.31)	2.13 (1.80)	0.001	112.42	<0.001
The children are not physically active at home, so it’s hard to get them to be physically active in your care^b	1.96 (1.83)	1.97 (1.88)	1.96 (1.72)	0.976	2.14	0.136
The children would rather watch TV or play video games than do physical activities^b	1.79 (1.79)	1.90 (1.92)	1.51 (1.38)	0.206	7.94	0.006
You get too tired to join in active play with the children^b	1.50 (1.51)	1.49 (1.60)	1.53 (1.27)	0.865	1.99	0.161
The children have a lot of screen time at home, so it is hard to limit their screen time in your care^b	1.49 (1.55)	1.36 (2.51)	1.85 (1.63)	0.063	0.54	0.462

Note. Higher scores indicate higher agreement with the statement. ^aPhone survey, ^bin-person survey, and ^cANOVA with family childcare providers’ education as a covariate. The Bonferroni correction was used to control the multiple comparisons and the adjusted critical value was 0.0011.