Sentences with phrase «individual background variables»

Here we have separated out sedentary behaviour - watching TV and playing on computers and games consoles - from active behaviours and also looked at combined adversity rather than the relationship with individual background variables.

Not exact matches

Many wondered whether these possible effects of child care could be attributed to other variables: the individual characteristics of the children, the child care providers, the other members of the children's peer group, or the family backgrounds themselves.

However, researchers generally agree that up to two - thirds of the variation in student achievement is explainable by individual student characteristics like family background and such variables.

Some people are not at greater risk, and any individual's risk level is related to a mix of variables that includes personal characteristics, background, socio - economic disadvantage, and, as I argue below, behaviors that increase risk.