Table 1: Mother's education level, gender, and school attendance of Brazilian preschool children compared to screen time, and outdoor games and activities time during the week and on weekends.

Analysis

Score

Group

Sample

Mean

Std. Error

Std. Dev.

95% CI

t-value

p-value

Minimum

Maximum

Mother's Education Level

TGP during the week

1

47

6.62

0.58

3.96

5.45

7.78

- 0.6168

0.5379

2

239

6.97

0.23

3.57

6.52

7.43

TGP during the WE

1

47

8.00

0.56

3.87

6.86

9.14

- 0.3920

0.6954

2

239

8.22

0.22

3.40

7.78

8.65

Total TGP

1

47

14.62

1.11

7.61

12.38

16.85

- 0.5339

0.5939

2

239

15.19

0.43

6.58

14.35

16.03

ST duringtheweek

1

47

4.47

0.52

3.56

3.42

5.51

2.0063

0.0458

2

239

3.49

0.19

2.95

3.11

3.87

ST duringthe WE

1

47

4.21

0.55

3.79

3.10

5.32

1.5059

0.1332

2

239

3.41

0.21

3.24

3.00

3.82

Total ST

1

47

8.68

1.01

6.91

6.65

10.71

1.8792

0.0612

2

239

6.90

0.37

5.73

6.17

7.63

TOTAL

1

47

21.32

1.41

9.64

18.49

24.15

- 0.7697

0.4421

2

239

22.48

0.61

9.43

21.28

23.68

Children’s Gender

TGP during theweek

3

155

7.08

0.29

3.59

6.51

7.65

0.8494

0.3964

4

131

6.72

0.32

3.68

6.08

7.35

TGP during the WE

3

155

8.60

0.28

3.53

8.04

9.16

2.2301

0.0265

4

131

7.69

0.29

3.36

7.1

8.27

Total TGP

3

155

15.68

0.54

6.78

14.61

16.76

1.6020

0.1103

4

131

14.40

0.58

6.66

13.25

15.56

ST during theweek

3

155

3.68

0.24

2.98

3.21

4.15

0.1618

0.8716

4

131

3.62

0.28

3.20

3.07

4.17

ST duringthe WE

3

155

3.66

0.27

3.35

3.13

4.20

0.6727

0.5017

4

131

3.40

0.29

3.36

2.82

3.98

Total ST

3

155

7.34

0.46

5.79

6.42

8.26

0.4607

0.6454

4

131

7.02

0.54

6.19

5.95

8.09

TOTAL

3

155

23.03

0.78

9.68

21.49

24.56

1.4339

0.1527

4

131

21.42

0.80

9.14

19.84

23.00

Children's School Attendance

TGP during the week

5

32

7.97

0.42

2.38

7.11

8.83

1.7459

0.0819

6

254

6.78

0.23

3.74

6.32

7.25

TGP during the WE

5

32

9.53

0.41

2.31

8.70

10.37

2.3504

0.0194

6

254

8.01

0.22

3.56

7.57

8.45

Total TGP

5

32

17.50

0.71

4.04

16.04

18.96

2.1507

0.0323

6

254

14.80

0.44

6.96

13.96

15.66

ST during theweek

5

32

5.38

0.66

3.76

4.02

6.73

3.4322

0.0007

6

254

3.43

0.18

2.91

3.07

3.79

ST duringthe WE

5

32

5.75

0.69

3.89

4.35

7.15

4.0649

< 0.001

6

254

3.26

0.20

3.18

2.87

3.66

Total ST

5

32

11.13

1.28

7.22

8.52

13.73

4.0626

< 0.001

6

254

6.70

0.35

5.61

6.00

7.39

TOTAL

5

32

28.63

1.67

9.43

25.22

32.03

4.1339

< 0.001

6

254

21.49

0.58

9.17

20.36

22.63

Source: Authors.
Legend: Group 1 = Mothers without a complete higher education; Group 2 = Mothers with a complete higher education; Group 3 = Female children; Group 4 = Male children; Group 5 = Children not enrolled in school; Group 6 = Children enrolled in school; TGP = Time spent on games and play; ST = Screen Time; WE = Weekend; TOTAL = Total time adding up TGP and ST.