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. 2019 Jan 30;14(1):e0211546. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211546

Table 1. Sample size and network statistics determining most important nodes by means of weighted betweenness centrality, network denseness and unweighted distance to the factor sedentary behaviour (SB) calculated for the complete sample from the Eurobarometer and for each sex- and age-stratum.

All Young female Young male Adult female Adult male Middle-aged
female
Middle-aged
male
Older adults
female
Older adults
male
Sample size: N (%)
23,865 1,218 (5.1) 1,144 (4.8) 3,872 (16.2) 3,244 (13.6) 4,797 (20.1) 3,907 (16.4) 2,612 (10.9) 3,071 (12.9)
Importance of nodes to SB
Highest weighted betweenness centrality
GDP Occupational level Occupational
Level
Urbanity Healthcare
provision
Urbanity GDP Urbanity Prev. of chronic diseases
2nd highest weighted betweenness centrality
Region Educational level Having a partner & Internet use Healthcare
Provision
Occupational
level
Car ownership Urbanity Facilities Car ownership
Network denseness
16.9% 9.0% 7.1% 12.4% 10.8% 11.3% 12.0% 10.3% 6.7%
Distance of nodes to SB$
Psychology and behaviour 2.00 3.00 2.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.00 3.00 4.00
Institutional and home settings 1.75 2.75 2.60 2.50 2.50 2.75 2.63 4.63 5.29
Physical health and wellbeing 2.33 N.A. 3.00 3.33 4.00 3.33 3.33 3.67 3.33
Built and natural environment 1.67 N.A. N.A. 2.50 4.17 2.50 2.50 2.83 2.17
Social and cultural context 2.00 2.33 3.00 2.60 3.00 3.50 3.60 6.00 6.50
Politics and economics 2.00 N.A. N.A. 3.80 3.80 3.60 3.40 5.60 3.20

$: average distance of nodes within a system of the SOS-framework

N.A.: not applicable (no node of this cluster is linked to SB via any edge)