Table 2.

Percentage of subjects practising moderate or vigorous physical activity according to individual, parental and environmental characteristics

	% practising moderate or vigorous physical activity	p value
Gender
Boys	69.7
Girls	58.1	< 0.001
Age
6–8	55.9
9–11	67.6
12–14	69.4
15–17	62.8	< 0.001
Geographical area
North-western regions	74.6
North-eastern regions	74.7
Central regions	72.4
Southern regions	52.4
Insular regions	55.7	< 0.001
Perceived health status
Less than good	57.8
Good or very good	64.4	< 0.001
Parental educational levela
Low	53.6
Middle	68.2
High	74.6	< 0.001
Parental employmenta
Administrative/professional	72.5
Self-employed	63.3
Manual	55.4
Unemployed/housewife	40.2
Retired	63.6	< 0.001
Material resources
Less than good	52.3
Good	66.3
Very good	74.4	< 0.001
Father’s practice of moderate physical activity
No	77.6
Yes	58.8	< 0.001
Mother’s practice of moderate physical activity
No	82.5
Yes	59.8	< 0.001

^aThe highest level in one of the parents