Table 2.

Regression coefficients and 95 % confidence intervals of significant associations between socio-demographic, health and behavioral variables (independent variables) and sedentary time on school-/work days (dependent variable)

Age	b	95 % CI
4–11 yearsa
Age	0.40	[0.34; 0.46]**
Overweightc	0.69	[0.35; 1.02]**
Meeting the MVPA guidelined	−0.34	[−0.63;−0.05]*
12–17 yearsa
Age	0.45	[0.30; 0.59]**
18–29 yearsb
Gender e	−0.48	[−0.91;−0.05]*
Age	−0.11	[−0.18;−0.04]**
Overweight	0.55	[0.07; 1.04]*
Urbanity f
Slightly urban	0.20	[−0.62; 1.02]
Moderately urban	0.73	[−0.09; 1.54]
Highly urban	1.06	[0.28; 1.84]**
Very highly urban	1.02	[0.17; 1.87]*
Sedentary work g	3.99	[3.51; 4.43]**
30–49 yearsb
Gender	−0.84	[−1.16;−0.53]**
Overweight	0.29	[0.03; 0.55]*
Urbanity
Slightly urban	−0.03	[−0.50; 0.45]
Moderately urban	0.34	[−0.13; 0.81]
Highly urban	0.44	[−0.00; 0.89]
Very highly urban	0.89	[0.39; 1.39]**
Educational level breadwinnerh
Middle educational level	0.23	[−0.17; 0.62]
High educational level	0.55	[0.13; 0.96]**
Sedentary work	4.37	[4.09; 4.65]**
Working hours/week	0.03	[0.01; 0.04]**
Meeting the MVPA guideline	−0.94	[−1.21;−0.67]**
Sports participation i	−0.29	[−0.56;−0.02]*
50–64 yearsb
Urbanity
Slightly urban	0.51	[−0,25; 1.27]
Moderately urban	0.99	[0.25; 1.74]**
Highly urban	0.55	[−0.17; 1.27]
Very urban	0.79	[−0.00; 1.59]
Chronic disease j	0.55	[0.08; 1.01]*
Educational level breadwinner
Middle educational level	0.58	[0.04; 1.12]*
High educational level	0.37	[−0.19; 0.93]
Sedentary work	4.32	[3.87; 4.77]*
Working hours/week	0.03	[0.01; 0.05]**
Meeting the MVPA guideline	−0.75	[−1.19;−0.31]**
Sports participation	−0.67	[−1.10;−0.28]**

^a Associations were corrected for gender, age, weight category, urbanity, chronic disease, education level breadwinner, meeting the moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) guideline, meeting the vigorous intensity physical activity (VPA) guideline, sports participation

^b Associations were corrected for gender, age, weight category, urbanity, chronic disease, education level breadwinner, sedentary work, working hours/week, meeting the MVPA guideline, meeting the VPA guideline, sports participation

^{c ‘}Overweight’ regressed against ‘Underweight or normal weight’ (reference)

^d ‘Meeting the moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) guideline’ regressed against ‘Not meeting the MVPA guideline’(reference)

^e ‘Female’ regressed against ‘Male’ (reference)

^{f ‘}Slightly urban environment’, ‘moderately urban environment’,’highly urban environment’ and ‘very highly urban environment’ regressed against non-urban environment (reference)

^g‘Sedentary work’ regressed against ‘Non-sedentary work’ (reference)

^h ‘Middle education’ and ‘High education’ regressed against ‘Low education’ (reference)

ⁱ ‘Sports participant’ regressed against ‘Non-sports participant’ (reference)

^j ‘Having one or more chronic diseases’ regressed against ‘Not having a chronic disease’ (reference)

^* P < 0.05

^** P < 0.01