Table 1. Description of key variables by level of physical activity (n = 23,124).
| Days/week with more than 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity | ||||||||||
| Total | 0–3 days/week | 4–6 days/week | 7 days/week | Rao-Scott Chi-square | ||||||
| n | % (col) | n | % (row) | n | % (row) | n | % (row) | |||
| Total n | 23124 | 100.0 | 6455 | 27.9 | 13282 | 57.4 | 3387 | 14.6 | ||
| Main Effects | ||||||||||
| Immigrant Generation | Canadian-born | 21025 | 90.9 | 5777 | 27.5 | 12091 | 57.5 | 3157 | 15.0 | Ref |
| Foreign-born | 2099 | 9.1 | 678 | 32.3 | 1191 | 56.7 | 230 | 11.0 | .0010 | |
| Time Since Immigration | Canadian-born | 21025 | 90.9 | 5777 | 27.5 | 12091 | 57.5 | 3157 | 15.0 | Ref |
| 6+ years | 1134 | 4.9 | 345 | 30.4 | 663 | 58.4 | 126 | 11.2 | .065 | |
| 3–5 years | 523 | 2.3 | 159 | 30.5 | 309 | 59.0 | 55 | 10.5 | .12 | |
| 1–2 years | 442 | 1.9 | 174 | 39.3 | 219 | 49.6 | 49 | 11.1 | .0015 | |
| Ethnicity | Canadian | 17883 | 77.3 | 4789 | 26.8 | 10353 | 57.9 | 2741 | 15.3 | Ref |
| Arab and West Asian | 387 | 1.7 | 116 | 29.9 | 212 | 54.8 | 59 | 15.2 | .66 | |
| African | 990 | 4.3 | 321 | 32.4 | 526 | 53.1 | 143 | 14.4 | .065 | |
| East Indian and South Asian | 706 | 3.1 | 183 | 25.9 | 406 | 57.4 | 118 | 16.7 | .81 | |
| East and South East Asian | 1348 | 5.8 | 526 | 39.0 | 722 | 53.5 | 101 | 7.5 | <.0001 | |
| Latin American | 238 | 1.0 | 90 | 37.9 | 128 | 53.6 | 20 | 8.5 | .007 | |
| Other | 1571 | 6.8 | 430 | 27.4 | 937 | 59.6 | 204 | 13.0 | .24 | |
| Individual Level Covariates | ||||||||||
| Gender | Male | 11235 | 48.6 | 2580 | 23.0 | 6472 | 57.6 | 2183 | 19.4 | Ref |
| Female | 11890 | 51.4 | 3875 | 32.6 | 6811 | 57.3 | 1204 | 10.1 | <.0001 | |
| Perceived family wealth | Well Off | 13171 | 57.0 | 3354 | 25.5 | 7728 | 58.7 | 2089 | 15.9 | Ref |
| Average | 7762 | 33.6 | 2368 | 30.5 | 4401 | 56.7 | 993 | 12.8 | <.0001 | |
| Worse off | 2191 | 9.5 | 732 | 33.4 | 1153 | 52.6 | 306 | 13.9 | <.0001 | |
| Area-Level Covariates | ||||||||||
| Median Neighbourhood Income | Quartile 4 (> $67,546) | 5366 | 23.2 | 1390 | 25.9 | 3179 | 59.2 | 797 | 14.8 | Ref |
| Quartile 3 ($52,650–$67,500) | 5361 | 23.2 | 1401 | 26.1 | 3137 | 58.5 | 823 | 15.3 | .94 | |
| Quartile 2 ($43,192–$52,635) | 5188 | 22.4 | 1572 | 30.3 | 2970 | 57.3 | 646 | 12.4 | .08 | |
| Quartile 1 (< $43,176) | 7210 | 31.2 | 2092 | 29.0 | 3996 | 55.4 | 1122 | 15.6 | .24 | |
| Percentage of Immigrants in Community | Quartile 4 (>17%) | 7868 | 34.0 | 2232 | 28.4 | 4532 | 57.6 | 1104 | 14.0 | Ref |
| Quartile 3 (9%–17%) | 5992 | 25.9 | 1417 | 23.6 | 3650 | 60.9 | 925 | 15.4 | .009 | |
| Quartile 2 (3%–9%) | 5181 | 22.4 | 1367 | 26.4 | 2931 | 56.6 | 883 | 17.0 | .18 | |
| Quartile 1 (<3%) | 4083 | 17.7 | 1439 | 35.2 | 2169 | 53.1 | 475 | 11.6 | .0037 | |
| Statistics Canada Population Centre Category | Large Urban Centre | 7637 | 33.0 | 2289 | 30.0 | 4327 | 56.7 | 1021 | 13.4 | Ref |
| Medium Centre | 4181 | 18.1 | 1207 | 28.9 | 2379 | 56.9 | 595 | 14.2 | .77 | |
| Small Centre | 10604 | 45.9 | 2817 | 26.6 | 6132 | 57.8 | 1655 | 15.6 | .08 | |
| Rural | 703 | 3.0 | 142 | 20.2 | 444 | 63.1 | 117 | 16.6 | <.0001 | |
Note: N values presented were weighted as per the HBSC protocol. [32] The Rao-Scott chi square test controls for the clustering effect of school. The “other” ethnic group includes youth who identified with more than one of the six identified ethnic groups.