Table 1.
PI and SB by independent variables
| Independent variable | Total n (%) | Physical inactivity (<5 days/weeks) | Sedentary behavior (≥3 h or more) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys, no. (%) | Girls, no. (%) | Boys, no. (%) | Girls, no. (%) | ||
| Demographic/biological | |||||
| Age in years | |||||
| 14–15 | 220 (28.8) | 74 (77.9) | 103 (82.4) | 29 (30.5) | 66 (52.8) |
| 16–17 | 347 (45.4) | 100 (65.4) | 173 (89.2) | 60 (39.2) | 65 (33.5) |
| 18–19 | 197 (25.8) | 79 (72.5) | 78 (88.6) | 31 (28.4) | 28 (31.8) |
| Education level of parents | |||||
| Illiterate mother (reference = educated) | 286 (37.4) | 106 (70.7) | 120 (88.2) | 39 (26.0) | 44 (32.4) |
| Illiterate father (reference = educated) | 102 (13.4) | 38 (70.4) | 38 (79.2) | 13 (24.1) | 14 (29.2) |
| Perceived family income | |||||
| Lower | 76 (9.9) | 31 (66.0) | 26 (89.7) | 9 (19.1) | 11 (37.9) |
| Average | 580 (75.9) | 193 (72.8) | 270 (85.7) | 95 (35.8) | 127 (40.3) |
| Higher | 108 (14.1) | 29 (64.4) | 58 (92.1) | 16 (35.6) | 21 (33.3) |
| Being hunger (sometimes/mostly/always) | 129 (16.9) | 65 (84.4) | 47 (90.4) | 19 (24.7) | 19 (36.5) |
| Psychological | |||||
| Loneliness (mostly/always) | 180 (23.6) | 43 (67.2) | 103 (88.8) | 19 (29.7) | 57 (49.1) |
| Anxiety (mostly/always) | 167 (21.9) | 47 (65.3) | 86 (90.5) | 24 (33.3) | 45 (47.4) |
| Suicidal ideation (reference = no) | 120 (15.7) | 27 (55.1) | 62 (87.3) | 23 (46.9) | 38 (53.5) |
| No close friends (reference = 1 friend or more) | 69 (9.0) | 22 (71.0) | 35 (92.1) | 10 (32.3) | 10 (26.3) |
| Behavioral | |||||
| Skipping breakfast (reference = sometimes/mostly/always) | 162 (21.2) | 40 (72.7) | 91 (85.0) | 20 (36.4) | 53 (49.5) |
| Inadequate fruit consumption (<2 servings) | 341 (44.6) | 133 (71.9) | 139 (89.1) | 59 (31.9) | 50 (32.1) |
| Inadequate vegetable consumption (<3 servings) | 506 (66.2) | 174 (77.0) | 244 (87.1) | 65 (28.8) | 101 (36.1) |
| Not walking or biking to school (less than 5 days) | 224 (29.3) | 78 (75.0) | 107 (89.2) | 39 (37.5) | 37 (30.8) |
| No attendance of physical education (2 or more times) | 113 (14.8) | 44 (84.6) | 54 (88.5) | 21 (40.4) | 22 (36.1) |
| Physical fight (1 or more times) | 261 (34.2) | 128 (71.5) | 72 (87.8) | 70 (39.1) | 46 (56.1) |
| Smoking (1 or more times during) | 124 (16.2) | 80 (72.7) | 13 (92.9) | 43 (39.1) | 8 (57.1) |
| Alcohol/illicit drug use (reference = 0 time) | 88 (11.5) | 50 (65.8) | 10 (83.3) | 30 (39.5) | 7 (58.3) |
| Absenteeism (reference = 0 day) | 325 (42.5) | 134 (71.3) | 122 (89.1) | 76 (40.4) | 74 (54.0) |
| Social | |||||
| Lack of peer support in school (reference = mostly/always) | 500 (65.4) | 160 (70.8) | 243 (88.7) | 69 (30.5) | 101 (36.9) |
| Lack of parental supervision (reference = mostly/always) | 474 (62.0) | 161 (71.6) | 224 (90.0) | 72 (32.0) | 90 (36.1) |
| Lack of parental connectivity (reference = mostly/always) | 572 (74.9) | 194 (69.8) | 255 (86.7) | 96 (34.5) | 120 (40.8) |
| Lack of parental bonding (reference = mostly/always) | 511 (66.9) | 184 (71.3) | 226 (89.3) | 86 (33.3) | 93 (36.8) |
| Bullied (1 day or more) | 176 (23.0) | 19 (73.1) | 132 (88.0) | 8 (30.8) | 73 (48.7) |