Children's After-School Physical Activity Participation in Hong Kong: Does Family Socioeconomic Status Matter?

Autor/in	Cheung, Peggy PY
Titel	Children's After-School Physical Activity Participation in Hong Kong: Does Family Socioeconomic Status Matter?
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 76 (2017) 2, S.221-230 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/0017896916660863
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Primary Education; After School Programs; Physical Activities; Socioeconomic Status; Correlation; Case Studies; Extracurricular Activities; Parent Background; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Mothers; Factor Analysis; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Primarbereich; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Korrelation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Elternhaus; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Mother; Mutter; Faktorenanalyse; Hongkong
Abstract	Objective: This study aimed to examine the association between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and children's physical activity (PA) behaviour during after-school hours. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Participants included 663 schoolchildren (aged between 10 and 13 years) and their parents from nine primary schools in Hong Kong. Parental SES status and the after-school PA levels of children were assessed using self-administered questionnaires. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to examine the association between parents' education and income level and the type of activities in which children participated during after-school hours. Results: Results indicated that children with mother in the higher education group engaged in fewer time blocks of sports-type activity (high = 0.72 time blocks; medium = 1.04 time blocks; low = 1.17 time blocks). Compared with their counterparts, children with mothers in the higher income group were more engaged in sedentary activity (high = 5.33 time blocks; medium = 5.02 time blocks; low = 4.73 time blocks) within the eight 30-minute time blocks during after-school hours. Conclusion: The study describes how parental SES influences children's after-school PA participation and highlights the importance of including a family perspective when designing a PA promotion programme targeting after-school hours. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01