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. 2017 Feb 8;17:175. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4070-9

Table 3.

Multivariate linear regression (for continuous outcomes) or logistic regression (for categorical outcomes) of association of socioeconomic status measures and physical activity (PA) and sitting time among girls

Total PA score
(MET-min/week)
Vigorous PA score
(MET-min/week)
Moderate PA score
(MET-min/week)
Walking score
(MET-min/week)
Active commuting Sport participation Sitting time(min/day)
β P β P β P β P OR [95% CI] P OR [95% CI] P β P
unstd (std) eta2 unstd (std) eta2 unstd (std) eta2 unstd (std) eta2 unstd (std) eta2
Socioeconomic characteristics
 Social, professional class of the family head
  Executives, intermediate jobs, farmers, shopkeepers, craftsmen, managers (unskilled or skilled)
  Employees and workers
  Retired, inactive, unemployed
  Family income level 0.0441
  Low or average 1
  High 1.3 [1.0; 1.7]
 Residence area <0.0001
  Urban 1
  Rural 0.4 [0.3; 0.5]
School-related characteristics
 School type 0.0105
0.005
0.0066
0.004
  General or technological 191.1 (0.07) 29.0 (0.08)
  Professional 0 0
 Schooling placement <0.0001
0.01
0.0027
0.005
0.0305
0.006
  Typical or advanced 0 0 0
  Late 218.7 (0.12) 147.8 (0.09) −15.2 (−0.06)
 School boarding status <0.0001
  Non-boarder 1
  Half-boarder 0.3 [0.2; 0.4]
  Full-boarder 5.0 [2.9; 8.8]
Family characteristics
 Family composition 0.002
  Two-parents 1
  Single-parent 1.8 [1.2; 2.6]
 Perceived parental PA level 0.0002
0.01
<0.0001
0.02
0.0002
  Low or average 0 0 1
  High 461.4 (0.1) 440.5 (0.14) 1.6 [1.2; 2.0]

β linear regression coefficient, OR odds ratio (logistic regression) and [95% CI confidence interval], P p-value, statistically significantly (p <0.05), unstd unstandardised, std standardised, unstandardised β divided by the ratio of the standard error of the dependent variable to the standard deviation of the regression, eta semi partial ŋ2 correlation ratio of the squared semi partial correlation