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

Table 7

Comparison of activity behaviour and home environment of children with the different speeds of motor skill development.

	Fast motor skill development (annual growth value of TGMD ≥50%)	Slow motor skill development (annual growth value of TGMD ≤5%)	P
Sample size	66	70
Weekly frequency of sports activities	12.100 ± 2.800	10.600 ± 2.100	0.028
Number times of playing with friends	3.300 ± 1.000	2.100 ± 1.200	0.045
Family SES score	8.290 ± 1.750	8.940 ± 1.790	0.152
Parental support			0.163
Entirely supportive	13.6%	6.7%
Basically supportive	59.3%	70.7%
Uncertain	25.4%	20.0%
Basically unsupportive	1.7%	2.7%
Average parental exercise level			0.231
More than 3 times a week	20.3%	15.4%
1-2 times a week	44.9%	49.2%
Less than once a week	39.7%	28.8%