Table 1
Description of sample, by child and biological parent characteristics, by sex, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2009 to 2017


Table 1
Description of sample, by child and biological parent characteristics, by sex, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2009 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Description of sample. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), All, Males, Females, Sample Size, Mean or %, 95% confidence interval, from and to, calculated using Sons, Daughters, Fathers and Mothers units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic All MalesTable 1 Note † Females
Sample Size Mean or % 95% confidence interval Sample Size Mean or % 95% confidence interval Sample Size Mean or % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Sons Daughters
Children
Age (years) 1,116 4.0 4.0 4.1 543 4.0 3.9 4.1 573 4.1 4.0 4.2
Sex (%)
Male 543 50.9 48.2 53.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Female 573 49.1 46.4 51.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Number of valid days 1,116 5.3 5.2 5.3 543 5.2 5.1 5.4 573 5.3 5.2 5.4
Average wear time
Total 1,116 12.1 11.9 12.3 543 12.1 11.8 12.4 573 12.1 12.0 12.3
Weekday 1,116 12.2 12.1 12.4 543 12.2 11.9 12.5 573 12.3 12.1 12.4
Weekend 935 11.9 11.7 12.1 452 12.0 11.7 12.4 483 11.8 11.5 12.0
Screen time (hours/day) 1,116 1.8 1.7 1.9 543 1.8 1.7 2.0 573 1.8 1.6 1.9
Sedentary time (minutes/day)Table 1 Note ‡
Total 1,116 452 446 458 543 445 437 452 573 459Note * 451 467
Weekday 1,116 456 449 462 543 449 441 457 573 463Note * 454 471
Weekend 935 442 435 449 452 433 423 443 483 451Note * 442 461
LPA (minutes/day)Table 1 Note ‡
Total 1,116 208 204 212 543 210 205 215 573 207 201 212
Weekday 1,116 211 206 215 543 212 206 218 573 209 203 215
Weekend 935 205 200 209 452 208 201 214 483 201 194 208
MVPA (minutes/day)
Total 1,116 73 70 75 543 78 74 82 573 67Note * 64 70
Weekday 1,116 73 70 77 543 78 74 82 573 68Note * 64 72
Weekend 935 71 68 74 452 76 72 81 483 65Note * 61 69
Fathers Mothers
Parents
Age (years) 1,116 36.6 36.0 37.2 560 38.1 37.2 39.0 556 35.2Note * 34.5 35.9
Sex (%)
Male 560 48.1 42.9 53.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Female 556 51.9 46.7 57.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Parental Education (%)
Less than post-secondary graduate 220 21.7Note E: Use with caution 18.1 25.8 439 76.4 71.1 80.9 457 80.0 74.2 84.8
Post-secondary graduate 896 78.3 74.2 81.9 121 23.6 19.1 28.9 99 20.0 15.2 25.8
Single-child household (%)
Yes 242 18.6 14.4 23.8 111 19.1 13.3 26.6 131 18.2 13.8 23.6
No 874 81.4 76.2 85.6 449 80.9 73.4 86.7 425 81.8 76.4 86.2
Number of valid days 1,116 6.2 6.1 6.3 560 6.2 6.1 6.3 556 6.2 6.1 6.4
Average wear time
Total 1,116 14.2 14.0 14.3 560 14.4 14.2 14.6 556 14.0Note * 13.8 14.1
Weekday 1,116 14.3 14.1 14.5 560 14.5 14.3 14.7 556 14.1Note * 13.9 14.3
Weekend 935 13.8 13.6 14.0 468 13.9 13.7 14.2 467 13.7 13.4 13.9
Screen time (hours/day) 1,116 2.3 2.2 2.5 560 2.4 2.2 2.6 556 2.3 2.1 2.5
Sedentary time (minutes/day)Table 1 Note ‡
Total 1,116 567 560 574 560 562 552 573 556 571 563 579
Weekday 1,116 575 568 582 560 569 557 580 556 581 574 589
Weekend 935 542 533 552 468 542 532 553 467 542 528 556
LPA (minutes/day)Table 1 Note ‡
Total 1,116 259 253 265 560 261 251 271 556 257 250 264
Weekday 1,116 257 250 263 560 261 250 272 556 253 247 260
Weekend 935 266 258 275 468 265 255 274 467 268 256 280
MVPA (minutes/day)
Total 1,116 23 20 26 560 26 23 29 556 20Note * 17 24
Weekday 1,116 25 22 28 560 28 25 32 556 22Note * 18 26
Weekend 935 17 14 19 468 18 16 21 467 15 11 20
... not applicable
E use with caution
Note *

Significantly different from reference category (p<.05)

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Note †

Reference category

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Note ‡

Standardized for wear time

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LPA = light-intensity physical activity
MVPA = moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity
Source: 2009 to 2011, 2012 to 2013, 2014 to 2015, and 2016 to 2017 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), combined.

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