Table 1 Sociodemographic factors, mode of commuting, and PA between mothers and fathers
Overall (n = 684) | Mothers (n = 361) | Fathers (n = 323) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | ||
Sociodemographic factors | |||||||
Age (Mean ± SD) | 43.4 | ± 6.5 | 42.7 | ± 6.5 | 45.7 | ± 6.0 | 0.094 |
Educational level | |||||||
Low-medium education | 300 | (45.9) | 125 | (35.1) | 175 | (58.7) | < 0.001 |
Higher education | 354 | (54.1) | 231 | (64.9) | 123 | (41.3) | |
Salary/month | |||||||
< 1000 € | 212 | (55.9) | 159 | (60.5) | 53 | (45.7) | 0.004 |
≥ 1000 € | 167 | (44.1) | 104 | (39.5) | 63 | (54.3) | |
Car availability | |||||||
None | 123 | (21.4) | 36 | (11.5) | 87 | (33.3) | < 0.001 |
One or more | 451 | (78.6) | 278 | (88.5) | 173 | (66.5) | |
Family affluencea | |||||||
Medium | 18 | (4.7) | 14 | (4.8) | 4 | (4.3) | 0.608 |
High | 363 | (95.3) | 275 | (95.2) | 88 | (95.7) | |
Distance of commuting to work | |||||||
< 1 km | 73 | (16.6) | 46 | (19.1) | 27 | (11.9) | 0.021 |
≥ 1 km | 395 | (84.4) | 195 | (80.9) | 200 | (88.1) | |
Recommendation for MVPA | |||||||
< 150 min in MVPA | 195 | (37.6) | 93 | (29.9) | 102 | (49.0) | < 0.001 |
≥ 150 min in MVPA | 324 | (62.4) | 218 | (70.1) | 106 | (51.0) | < 0.001 |
Mode of commuting | |||||||
Active commuting to work | 250 | (36.7) | 137 | (38.0) | 113 | (35.2) | 0.254 |
Passive commuting to work | 432 | (63.3) | 224 | (62.0) | 208 | (64.8) | |