Table 1. Mean ± SD number of hours per week (PA) / day (media) spent on different leisure activities separated by socio-demographic variables.
N | Voluntary PA school (h / week) ±SD | PA sports club (h / week) ±SD | PA leisure time (h / week) ±SD | TV (h / day) ±SD | Console games (h / day) ±SD | PC / Internet (h / day) ±SD | ||||||||
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Sex a | Male | 1031 | 0.4±1.0 | ** | 2.1±2.2 | ** | 1.4±2.4 | ** | 1.7±1.2 | ** | 0.8±1.0 | ** | 1.3±1.3 | |
Female | 1052 | 0.3±0.8 | 1.5±2.0 | 0.9±1.7 | 1.4±1.1 | 0.2±0.5 | 1.3±1.2 | |||||||
Age group a | 11–13y | 953 | 0.4±0.9 | ** | 1.8±1.9 | * | 1.0±1.9 | ** | 1.4±1.1 | ** | 0.5±0.7 | ** | 0.9±1.0 | ** |
14–17y | 1130 | 0.3±0.9 | 1.8±2.3 | 1.2±2.2 | 1.7±1.2 | 0.7±0.9 | 1.7±1.4 | |||||||
SES b | Low | 196 | 0.4±0.9 | 1.3±2.1 | ** | 1.0±2.5 | ** | 1.9±1.3 | ** | 0.7±1.0 | ** | 1.5±1.5 | ||
Medium | 1362 | 0.4±0.9 | 1.7±2.0 | 1.1±2.1 | 1.6±1.2 | 0.5±0.9 | 1.3±1.3 | |||||||
High | 523 | 0.4±1.0 | 2.3±2.3 | 1.2±1.8 | 1.3±1.0 | 0.3±0.7 | 1.2±1.1 | |||||||
Total | 2083 | 0.4±0.9 | 1.8±2.1 | 1.1±2.1 | 1.6±1.2 | 0.5±0.8 | 1.3±1.3 |
SES = socio-economic status
a significance level examined using Mann-Whitney tests
b significance level examined using Kruskal-Wallis tests
* p < .05
** p < .01