Table 1.
Reported participation in (1) church or religious groups and (2) sports clubs or teams among young people studied in the 2009–2010 Canadian Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study
| Characteristic | No. | (%)a | % rper week] vegetable consumptioneporting participationa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church or religious group | Sports club or team | |||
| Total responding to church or religious group item | 24,244 | (100) | 16.4 | 54.6 |
| By sex | ||||
| Boys | 11,669 | (48.1) | 15.4 | 58.9 |
| Girls | 12,575 | (51.9) | 17.3 | 50.6 |
| By grade level | ||||
| 6–8 | 14,584 | (60.2) | 17.6 | 56.2 |
| 9–10 | 9,664 | (39.8) | 14.6 | 52.2 |
| By urban–rural geographic status | ||||
| Large urban | 13,918 | (57.4) | 15.9 | 52.2 |
| Other urban | 4,074 | (16.8) | 13.4 | 55.8 |
| Rural | 3,758 | (15.5) | 17.0 | 60.0 |
| Dissemination area | 2,498 | (10.3) | 22.9 | 58.0 |
| By region of Canada | ||||
| North | 73 | (0.3) | 17.0 | 57.8 |
| West | 7,743 | (32.0) | 22.5 | 56.4 |
| Central | 15,376 | (63.0) | 13.1 | 53.3 |
| East | 1,056 | (4.4) | 19.2 | 59.3 |
| By socioeconomic status | ||||
| Very well off | 5,485 | (23.5) | 19.1 | 62.2 |
| Quite well off | 7,885 | (33.8) | 14.8 | 56.0 |
| Average | 7,815 | (33.5) | 16.2 | 50.3 |
| Not very well off | 1,588 | (6.8) | 15.9 | 44.5 |
| Not at all well off | 586 | (2.5) | 22.2 | 48.8 |
| Missing | 888 | |||
| By family structure | ||||
| Intact family | 16,206 | (67.8) | 17.8 | 59.0 |
| Not intact family | 7,697 | (32.2) | 13.4 | 49.1 |
| Missing | 346 | |||
aProportions weighted by sampling fractions