Table 1.
Data collection wave |
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1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | Total | |
Response rate | 90.2% | 90.9% | 88.0% | 89.3% | 88.8% | 86.3% | 85.8% | 88.2% |
N | 1860 | 4046 | 5205 | 4824 | 6269 | 4922 | 4534 | 31,660 |
N included in this studya | 1837 | 3994 | 5165 | 4771 | 6210 | 4865 | 4132 | 30,974 |
Pct. boys | 50.2 | 49.9 | 49.6 | 48.7 | 49.3 | 50.1 | 48.6 | 49.4 |
Pct. girls | 49.8 | 50.1 | 50.4 | 51.3 | 50.7 | 50.0 | 51.4 | 50.6 |
Pct. 11-year-olds | 31.7 | 31.6 | 33.9 | 36.4 | 37.6 | 37.2 | 30.5 | 34.7 |
Pct. 13-year-olds | 34.7 | 34.7 | 35.7 | 33.7 | 35.6 | 33.7 | 35.5 | 34.8 |
Pct. 15-year-olds | 33.6 | 33.7 | 30.4 | 29.9 | 26.9 | 29.1 | 34.1 | 30.5 |
Pct. high social class | 25.8 | 30.3 | 25.8 | 22.1 | 22.3 | 32.8 | 38.2 | 27.8 |
Pct. middle social class | 47.3 | 44.2 | 45.9 | 48.7 | 40.0 | 35.9 | 37.0 | 42.2 |
Pct. low social class | 18.2 | 16.7 | 20.9 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 17.8 |
Pct. unclassifiable | 8.8 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 19.4 | 15.1 | 10.5 | 12.2 |
Pct. physically inactive | 8.1 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 8.0 |
Non-respondents of the physical activity question excluded.