Table 2
Pearson correlations between parent and child screen time, sedentary time, and physical activity, by parent-child pair, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2009 to 2017


Table 2
Pearson correlations between parent and child screen time, sedentary time, and physical activity, by parent-child pair, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2009 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Pearson correlations between parent and child screen time Parent-Child, Parent-Son and Parent-Daughter, calculated using R-value and p-value units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Parent-Child Parent-Son Parent-Daughter
R-value p-value R-value p-value R-value p-value
Screen time (hours/day) 0.18 <.0001 0.20 <.0001 0.16 0.0002
Sedentary time (minutes/day)Table 2 Note †
Total 0.17 <.0001 0.16 0.0002 0.18 <.0001
Weekday 0.13 <.0001 0.14 0.0009 0.12 0.0044
Weekend 0.20 <.0001 0.18 0.0002 0.23 <.0001
LPA (minutes/day)Table 2 Note †
Total 0.19 <.0001 0.20 <.0001 0.18 <.0001
Weekday 0.16 <.0001 0.19 <.0001 0.13 0.0026
Weekend 0.18 <.0001 0.16 0.0006 0.20 <.0001
MVPA (minutes/day)
Total 0.11 0.0002 0.11 0.0096 0.11 0.0060
Weekday 0.09 0.0015 0.11 0.0112 0.08 0.0503
Weekend 0.08 0.0096 0.06 0.2160 0.12 0.0087
Mother-Child Mother-Son Mother-Daughter
R-value p-value R-value p-value R-value p-value
Screen time (hours/day) 0.20 <.0001 0.16 0.0066 0.24 <.0001
Sedentary time (minutes/day)Table 2 Note †
Total 0.11 0.0119 0.06 0.2859 0.15 0.0115
Weekday 0.07 0.1238 0.06 0.3211 0.07 0.2503
Weekend 0.14 0.0025 0.07 0.2762 0.22 0.0007
LPA (minutes/day)Table 2 Note †
Total 0.16 0.0002 0.15 0.0110 0.16 0.0085
Weekday 0.12 0.0035 0.16 0.0070 0.09 0.1302
Weekend 0.16 0.0007 0.09 0.1566 0.22 0.0007
MVPA (minutes/day)
Total 0.04 0.3141 0.04 0.4602 0.02 0.6773
Weekday 0.01 0.7282 0.03 0.6642 -0.02 0.7636
Weekend 0.10 0.0393 0.08 0.2063 0.11 0.0991
Father-Child Father-Son Father-Daughter
R-value p-value R-value p-value R-value p-value
Screen time (hours/day) 0.16 0.0001 0.23 0.0001 0.08 0.1606
Sedentary time (minutes/day)Table 2 Note †
Total 0.22 <.0001 0.23 0.0001 0.20 0.0005
Weekday 0.18 <.0001 0.19 0.0013 0.16 0.0070
Weekend 0.28 <.0001 0.29 <.0001 0.25 0.0001
LPA (minutes/day)Table 2 Note †
Total 0.22 <.0001 0.23 0.0002 0.20 0.0007
Weekday 0.18 <.0001 0.19 0.0016 0.16 0.0077
Weekend 0.21 <.0001 0.23 0.0004 0.17 0.0081
MVPA (minutes/day)
Total 0.17 <.0001 0.17 0.0040 0.21 0.0004
Weekday 0.16 0.0001 0.19 0.0016 0.17 0.0044
Weekend 0.06 0.1614 0.01 0.9060 0.15 0.0180
Note †

Standardized for wear time

Return to note † referrer

Statistically significant correlations (p < 0.05) are highlighted in bold.
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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