title: Correlates of children and parents being physically active together.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Co-physical activity (between parents and children), as an outcome variable, and its correlates have not been examined previously. The purpose of this study was to investigate correlates of co-physical activity among a nationally representative sample of 9- to 13-year-old children and their parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were from the 2004 Youth Media Campaign Longitudinal Survey, a national survey of 5177 child-parent dyads. Parents of 9- to 13-year-old children were asked to report co-physical activity. Parents and children responded to a series of sociodemographic, behavioral, and psychosocial measures. Co-physical activity was treated as a dichotomous variable (ie, some or none). Logistic regression was used to assess associations of correlates directly and possible interactions between correlates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More than three-quarters of parents reported co-physical activity at least 1 day in the prior week. Age, race/ethnicity, sports team participation, eating meals together, parental confidence to influence the child's organized activity, and the child's perception of parental support were significantly associated with co-physical activity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of respondents reported participating in co-physical activity, and multiple sociodemographic, behavioral, and psychosocial correlates were significantly associated with co-physical activity. This study provides insight for physical activity interventions that might involve parents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nihiser
authors.forename: Darcy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strouse
authors.forename: Barnali
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huhman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013177:Sports