Table 2.
Percentage of children and youth who met the recommended level of PA by age group and sex.
| Indicators | Overall group | Percentage by age group and sex |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 |
9–11 |
12–14 |
15–17 |
Total |
Chi-square test |
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| Boy | Girl | Boy | Girl | Boy | Girl | Boy | Girl | Boy | Girl | Boy | Girl | Total | |||
| 1 | Overall PA | 26.2 | 28.9 | 23.8 | 28.3 | 21.5 | 42.2 | 11.9 | 39.0 | 9.7 | 34.9 | 16.3 | 123.9∗∗∗ | 201.1∗∗∗ | 307.4∗∗∗ |
| 2 | Organized Sports and PA | 44.1 | 21.7 | 31.5 | 42.6 | 53.4 | 60.6 | 32.3 | 59.5 | 45.2 | 47.3 | 40.9 | 188.1∗∗∗ | 156.3∗∗∗ | 331.8∗∗∗ |
| 3 | Active Play | 8.7 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 14.2 | 4.1 | 13.1 | 3.2 | 11.6 | 5.4 | 7.9∗ | 53.9∗∗∗ | 49.6∗∗∗ |
| 4 | Active Transportation | 53.4 | 38.0 | 37.5 | 52.2 | 61.0 | 78.9 | 62.2 | 36.2 | 55.5 | 52.4 | 54.7 | 191.9∗∗∗ | 227.4∗∗∗ | 352.5∗∗∗ |
| 5 | Sedentary Behaviors | 25.6 | 18.6 | 22.5 | 25.4 | 21.6 | 36.3 | 18.7 | 29.4 | 28.9 | 27.9 | 23.0 | 49.2∗∗∗ | 75.8∗∗∗ | 116.9∗∗∗ |
| 6 | Family and Peers | 71.0 | 59.9 | 64.4 | 70.4 | 67.6 | 72.4 | 77.6 | 73.8 | 70.5 | 70.0 | 70.3 | 102.2∗∗∗ | 94.0∗∗∗ | 189.5∗∗∗ |
∗Significant level at 0.05, ∗∗ 0.01, ∗∗∗ 0.001.