Table 1.
Demographic characteristics for categories of physical activity behaviour of the study sample (N = 9842).
| Total | Sex | Age (Years) | Socioeconomic Status a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | 6–10 | 11–13 | 14–17 | Low | Medium | High | |||
| n | % 95% CI |
% 95% CI |
% 95% CI |
% 95% CI |
% 95% CI |
% 95% CI |
% 95% CI |
% 95% CI |
% 95% CI |
|
| n | 100.0 9842 |
47.2 4646 |
52.8 5196 |
32.0 3146 |
35.2 3464 |
32.8 3232 |
12.2 1184 |
62.3 6065 |
25.5 2480 |
|
| Physical exercise b | ||||||||||
| Low | 2295 | 25.7 24.4–27.0 |
22.1 20.4–23.8 |
29.2 27.4–31.1 |
23.5 21.1–26.0 |
23.1 21.1–25.2 |
29.9 27.7–32.1 |
44.2 40.4–48.1 |
24.0 22.6–25.6 |
12.9 11.3–14.7 |
| Medium | 3639 | 36.7 35.3–38.1 |
32.5 30.7–34.3 |
40.7 38.8–42.8 |
48.3 45.7–50.8 |
36.4 34.1–38.8 |
27.3 25.5–29.2 |
30.4 27.1–34.0 |
37.6 36.0–39.4 |
40.0 38.0–42.2 |
| High | 3654 | 37.6 36.2–39.1 |
45.4 43.2–47.7 |
30.1 28.3–31.9 |
28.3 26.3–30.4 |
40.5 38.0–43.1 |
42.9 40.8-45.0 |
25.3 22.5–28.5 |
38.3 36.5–40.1 |
47.0 44.5–49.6 |
| Recommended daily physical activity c | ||||||||||
| Low | 2305 | 25.2 23.9–26.6 |
20.3 18.5–22.2 |
30.1 28.3–31.9 |
17.1 15.4–18.9 |
22.8 20.9–24.9 |
34.2 32.1–36.4 |
34.1 30.3–38.2 |
24.1 22.7–25.7 |
19.7 17.9–21.6 |
| Medium | 4786 | 47.8 46.4–49.2 |
48.8 46.9–50.6 |
46.9 44.9–49.0 |
44.9 42.5–47.3 |
50.0 47.6–52.5 |
48.4 46.1–50.6 |
40.3 36.4–44.2 |
48.8 47.0–50.5 |
52.4 50.0–54.8 |
| High | 2639 | 27.0 25.6–28.4 |
31.0 29.2–32.9 |
23.0 21.3–24.9 |
38.0 35.6–40.6 |
27.1 24.8–29.6 |
17.4 15.8–19.2 |
25.6 22.5–29.1 |
27.1 25.6–28.7 |
27.9 26.1–29.9 |
a 113 missing; b 254 missing; low: < 1 h/week, medium: 1–3 h/week, high: >3 h/week; c 112 missing; low: <3 days/week 1 h/day, medium: 3–5 days/week 1 h/day, high: 6–7 days/week 1 h/day; CI—confidence interval.