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Table 2 The percentages of young children meeting the WHO 24-h guidelines in 2019–2021 on a typical weekday and a typical weekend day

From: Meeting the WHO 24-h guidelines among 2–6-year-old children by family socioeconomic status before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional study

 

2019 % (N)

2020 % (N)

2021 % (N)

Wald X2

p-value

Pairwise comparison

STa

      

 Weekday

42.3 (746)

36.1 (1365)

39.9 (1436)

23.07

 < 0.001*

2020 < 2019, 2021

 Weekend

20.6 (370)

16.6 (626)

16.6 (595)

14.16

 < 0.001*

2019 > 2020, 2021

Outdoor PAb

      

 Weekday

55.9 (991)

61.8 (2313)

55.9 (1967)

36.02

 < 0.001*

2020 > 2019, 2021

 Weekend

85.3 (1530)

91.8 (3465)

89.4 (3195)

53.59

 < 0.001*

2019 < 2020, 2021

Sleep durationc

      

 Weekday

80.1 (1446)

79.1 (2997)

78.5 (2835)

1.69

.429

 

 Weekend

90.2 (1628)

90.1 (3411)

89.7 (3230)

0.43

.804

 

 Sleep Qualityd

      

 Weekday

85.1 (1534)

85.0 (3219)

81.8 (2947)

17.27

 < 0.001*

2019 < 2021

 Weekend

90.5 (1626)

89.6 (3383)

86.9 (3123)

20.37

 < 0.001*

2019, 2020 > 2021

  1. aST: maximum of 60 min of total ST
  2. bOutdoor PA: minimum of 60 min of outdoor PA
  3. cSleep Duration: minimum of 11 h of total sleep for 2-year-olds, 10 h for 3–5-year-olds, and 9 h for 6-year-olds
  4. dSleep Quality: minimum of good quality sleep; *Wald test is statistically significant at p < 0,05