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. 2012 Nov 29;9:139. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-139

Table 6.

Sedentary behaviors of the Swiss sample stratified by gender, parental education and ethnicity

Sedentary behavior Total Gender   Parental education Language spoken at home Country of birth of parents
 
 
Boys
Girls
Low
High
Non-native
Native
Non-native
Native
 
N=596
N=311
N=285
N=175
N=381
N=139
N=455
N=201
N=359
Screen time FQ (min/day)
131 (90)
146 (95)***
116 (82)
150 (96)**
120 (85)
166 (109)***
121 (81)
150 (98)***
119 (84)
Screen time 24h recall (min/day)
74 (74)
87 (77)***
60 (67)
90 (84)*
65 (65)
97 (94)**
67 (65)
87 (84)*
65 (58)
TV time FQ (min/day)
79 (54)
83 (54)
75 (53)
93 (59)***
72 (51)
99 (64)***
73 (49)
91 (60)***
72 (50)
TV time-24h recall (min/day)
49 (50)
55 (50)**
42 (48)
59 (55)**
44 (46)
62 (60)*
45 (46)
55 (54)
45 (47)
Computer time FQ (min/day)
53 (49)
63 (54)***
41 (41)
57 (52)
48 (44)
68 (61)***
47 (44)
59 (62)*
47 (44)
Computer time 24h recall (min/day)
25 (42)
33 (47)***
18 (34)
31 (50)*
21 (35)
35 (52)**
22 (38)
32 (49)**
20 (34)
Sleep duration (hr/night) 9.2 (1.5) 9.5 (0.8) 9.5 (0.7) 9.5 (2.1) 9.5 (0.8) 9.5 (0.8) 9.6 (0.7) 9.6 (0.7) 9.5 (0.7)

*p≤0,05.

**p≤0,01.

***p≤0,001.