Single parent status and children's objectively measured level of physical activity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Single-parent family status has been investigated as a possible psychosocial determinant of children's level of physical activity (PA)-although with mixed and inconclusive results. Prevailing evidence of the importance of two-parent family status as a resource for children's PA is based on a mix of subjective and objective measurements of PA. Objectives: To investigate if the level of PA among children living with a single parent was lower compared to children living with two parents by means of a meta-analysis of published and unpublished studies. We restricted our analysis to studies with objective measurements of PA.

Methods

Data sources: The databases, Social Science Citation Index, PsycINFO, PubMed, and EBSCO were searched (1987-2013). Study eligibility crite

SUBMITTER: Singhammer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4532699 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature