A Follow-Up Study of Motor Skill Development and Its Determinants in Preschool Children from Middle-Income Family

Table 5

The behaviour and home environment of the participants.

Category	Indicator (mean ± SD or %)	3 years	4 years	5 years
Children behaviour	Weekly frequency of sports activities	11.0 ± 2.7	11.0 ± 2.6	12.0 ± 2.7
	Weekly frequency of media activities	14.0 ± 2.8	13.0 ± 3.1	15.0 ± 3.0
	Frequency of use of sports equipment	14.0 ± 2.4	14.0 ± 2.0	18.0 ± 2.5
	Number of playdates with friends	10.0 ± 1.9	10.0 ± 2.3	9.0 ± 2.4
Family SES	Parental educational level; Household disposable income per capita household living area	8.7 ± 1.5	8.8 ± 1.9	8.8 ± 1.9
Parental support for children’s sports activities (full support ratio %)	As parents, we accompany and transport children to participate in sports.	63.4%	75.5%	66.7%
	We do a lot of physical exercises with our children.	22.5%	17.1%	16.0%
	Our family values sports.	30.1%	36.1%	38.0%
	As parents, we are very interested in our children’s sports activities.	37.5%	47.2%	48.1%
	Our children’s sports activities are often a topic of conversation in our family.	28.9%	36.8%	25.2%
Proportion of parents’ physical exercise level	More than 3 times a week	30.8%	34.6%	28.3%

SD, Standard deviation.