Skip to main content
. 2012 Aug 30;12:714. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-714

Table 2.

Prevalence of the compliance with the physical activity guideline in children

 
boys
girls
  compliance χ2 df p compliance χ2 df p
Age group
 
12.2
1
.000
 
12.3
1
.000
 4-5 years
35.4%
 
 
 
28.4%
 
 
 
 6-10 years
24.2%
 
 
 
17.9%
 
 
 
Socioeconomic status
0.5
2
.773
 
8.1
2
.017
 low
25.8%
 
 
 
27.5%
 
 
 
 medium
27.4%
 
 
 
20.0%
 
 
 
 high
28.6%
 
 
 
17.0%
 
 
 
Migration background
0.1
1
.758
 
3.2
1
.068
 yes
28.4%
 
 
 
14.2%
 
 
 
 no
27.1%
 
 
 
21.4%
 
 
 
Residential area
 
7.5
3
.058
 
2.1
3
.549
 rural area
28.9%
 
 
 
19.9%
 
 
 
 small town
27.1%
 
 
 
20.9%
 
 
 
 medium-sized town
22.2%
 
 
 
23.5%
 
 
 
 city 33.0%       18.3%      

Note: p = p-value of the chi-square statistic; df = degrees of freedom.