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Table 6 Associations of background characteristics with age-standardised balance, motor co-ordination and composite motor scores

From: Determinants of variability in motor performance in middle childhood: a cross-sectional study of balance and motor co-ordination skills

Variable

Household resources

School exposure

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

 

None

1-2 years

>2 years

 

(n = 123)

(n = 94)

(n = 91)

(n = 35)

(n = 101)

(n = 172)

Balance

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

F

2

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

F

2

   Stork balance

-.06

.99

-.19

.95

.29

1.00

6.04**

.04

-.55

1.03

.05

.97

.08

.98

6.26**

.04

   Ball balance

.02

.79

.08

.75

.15

.76

.743

.01

-.24

.83

.07

.82

.14

.72

3.52*

.02

   Hopping in squares

-.09

1.03

.04

1.00

.11

.89

1.206

.01

-.52

1.18

-.13

1.03

.19

.85

9.58***

.06

   One board balance

-.08

1.00

-.07

.96

.18

1.02

2.159

.01

-.60

.93

.19

1.01

.01

.96

8.42***

.05

Motor co-ordination

                

   Pegboard

.00

1.01

-.15

.92

.17

.92

2.54

.02

-.65

.95

-.06

.90

.18

.94

12.06***

.07

   Bead threading

.03

1.00

-.05

.92

.03

.95

.221

.00

-.59

1.07

.10

.84

.07

.97

7.99***

.05

   Bolt board

-.03

1.07

-.13

.85

.15

.88

1.94

.01

-.66

1.07

-.10

.91

.18

.89

12.81***

.08

   Jumping and clapping

-.14

.93

-.01

1.02

.14

.89

2.42

.02

-.72

.87

.01

.98

.11

.90

11.89***

.07

Composite scores

                

   Balance

-.06

.66

-.04

.63

.18

.59

4.25*

.03

-.48

.69

.05

.66

.11

.58

13.03***

.08

   Coordination

-.04

.74

-.08

.69

.12

.65

2.24

.01

-.65

.73

-.01

.68

.13

.63

20.88***

.12

   Overall index

-.05

.61

-.06

.57

.15

.51

4.16*

.03

-.57

.63

.02

.56

.12

.50

23.67***

.13

  1. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.
  2. df = 2,305.
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