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. 2015 Dec 2;10(12):e0142544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142544

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
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