Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for elementary and secondary school students
| Elementary n (%) |
Secondary n (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic | |||
| Grade | |||
| Grade 7 | 506 (48.2) | - | |
| Grade 8 | 583 (51.8) | ||
| Grade 9 | 590 (21.6) | ||
| Grade 10 | 654 (23.4) | ||
| Grade 11 | 597 (24.3) | ||
| Grade 12 | 638 (30.8) | ||
| Sex (female) | 604 (48.2) | 1272 (47.9) | 0.91 |
| Weight status (overweight/obese) | 241 (26.7) | 620 (24.8) | 0.42 |
| Years of highest parent education (yrs) (mean(SD)) | 14.6 (1.6) | 14.5 (1.7) | 0.17 |
| Parent born abroad (yes) | 229 (32.2) | 719 (33.0) | 0.83 |
| Having sibling (yes) | 1011 (92.8) | 2328 (93.9) | 0.44 |
| Having car at home (yes) | 1053 (95.6) | 2424 (97.0) | 0.13 |
| Having driver license (yes) | - | 1046 (42.2) | - |
| Behavioural | |||
| MVPA (≥5 days/wk) | 568 (53.9) | 1105 (42.6) | < 0.001 |
| Screen time (> 2 hours/day) | 539 (49.6) | 1518 (61.2) | < 0.001 |
| Smoking in the past 12 months (occasional/regular smokers) | 49 (5.3) | 572 (22.4) | < 0.001 |
| Drinking in the past 12 months (occasional/regular drinkers) | 567 (52.1) | 1962 (78.8) | < 0.001 |
| Part-time job | |||
| Did not work outside home | - | 1302 (53.5) | - |
| 1-5 hours/wk | - | 301 (11.2) | |
| ≥6 hours/wk | - | 876 (35.3) | |
| Extracurricular participation (yes) | 838 (77.6) | 1755 (70.8) | 0.06 |
| Psychological | |||
| Perceived physical health (excellent/good) | 74 (7.6) | 400 (17.7) | < 0.001 |
| Perceived weight status | |||
| About right | 779 (73.9) | 1699 (65.9) | < 0.001 |
| Too thin | 84 (6.3) | 218 (10.2) | |
| Too fat | 216 (19.8) | 555 (23.9) | |
| Decision-making on mode choice (often/always) | 340 (3.1.5) | 956 (40.4) | 0.001 |
| Parents don't know where their children are in free time away from home (sometimes/seldom/never) | 74 (7.9) | 348 (15.9) | < 0.001 |
| Environmental | |||
| Travelled to school | |||
| 0-15 minutes | 708 (68.3) | 1570 (63.5) | 0.13 |
| 16-30 minutes | 210 (18.7) | 552 (23.9) | |
| ≥31 minutes | 168 (13.0) | 357 (12.6) | |
| Travelled from school | |||
| 0-15 minutes | 646 (61.4) | 1202 (48.4) | < 0.001 |
| 16-30 minutes | 253 (22.7) | 738 (30.6) | |
| ≥31 minutes | 184 (16.0) | 533 (20.9) | |
| Living in urban area (urban) | 857 (84.7.0) | 2075 (83.7) | 0.86 |
| Regions | |||
| Toronto | 112 (21.6) | 256 (16.6) | 0.07 |
| North | 57 (5.7) | 199 (6.6) | |
| West | 304 (43.9) | 857 (43.6) | |
| East | 613 (28.9) | 1167 (33.2) | |
| Catholic school (yes) | 376 (38.9) | 935 (36.4) | 0.80 |
| Changing school in the last five years (yes) | 419 (43.5) | 752 (30.2) | < 0.001 |
| Moving home in the last five years (yes) | 513 (48.5) | 1031 (44.5) | 0.24 |