Canadian children's independent mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national survey
Health & Place 81: 103019-103019
Article 2023 English
Authors
RL
Richard Larouche
MB
Mathieu Bélanger
MB
Mariana Brussoni
Abstract
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Independent mobility (IM) is associated with children's physical activity and indicators of social, motor, and cognitive development. We surveyed Canadian parents of 7- to 12-year-olds (n = 2291) about social-ecological correlates of IM in the second wave of COVID-19 (December 2020). We used multi-variable linear regression models to identify correlates of children's IM. Our final model (R2 = 0.353) included four individual-, eight family-, two social environment- and two built environment-level variables. The correlates of boys' and girls' IM were similar. Our findings suggest that interventions to support children's IM in a pandemic context should target multiple levels of influence.
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