Table 1.
Prevalence (%) of sedentary behaviour (SB) in adolescents (15–17 years old) in the European Union (EU) countries between 2002 and 2017
| 2002 | 2005 | 2013 | 2017 | 2002–2017 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | SB (%) | 95% CI | Sample | SB (%) | 95% CI | Sample | SB (%) | 95% CI | Sample | SB (%) | 95% CI | χ2 | p-value | |
| EU total | 543 | 74.2 | 70.2–77.7 | 929 | 78.8 | 76.2–81.4 | 592 | 78.0 | 74.5–81.4 | 478 | 76.8 | 73.0–80.7 | 4375 | 0.224 |
| EU boys | 276 | 71.7 | 66.3–77.5 | 490 | 76.7 | 72.7–80.2 | 310 | 75.2 | 70.3–79.7 | 259 | 75.7 | 70.3–80.7 | 2415 | 0.491 |
| EU girls | 267 | 76.8 | 71.9–82.0 | 439 | 71.1 | 77.2–84.7 | 282 | 81.2 | 76.2–85.8 | 219 | 78.1 | 72.6–83.1 | 2671 | 0.445 |
| Countries | ||||||||||||||
| Austria | 42 | 66.7 | 52.4–81.0 | 21 | 66.7 | 47.6–85.7 | 13 | 76.9 | 53.8–100 | 9 | 88.9 | 66.7–100 | 2170 | 0.538 |
| Belgium | 40 | 85.0 | 72.5–95.0 | 36 | 88.9 | 77.8–97.2 | 30 | 76.7 | 60.0–90.0 | 16 | 68.8 | 43.8–87.5 | 3877 | 0.275 |
| Bulgaria | 44 | 84.1 | 72.7–93.2 | 19 | 68.4 | 47.4–89.5 | 20 | 80.0 | 60.0–95.0 | 2004 | 0.367 | |||
| Croatia | 31 | 71.0 | 54.8–87.1 | 10 | 80.0 | 50.0–100 | 13 | 92.3 | 76.9–100 | 2448 | 0.294 | |||
| Cyprus Republic | 28 | 89.3 | 78.6–100 | 16 | 81.3 | 62.5–100 | 15 | 60.0 | 33.3–86.7 | 5205 | 0.074 | |||
| Czech Republic | 32 | 87.5 | 75.0–96.9 | 20 | 85.0 | 65.0–100 | 12 | 83.3 | 58.3–100 | 0,147 | 0.929 | |||
| Denmark | 11 | 81.8 | 54.5–100 | 17 | 100 | 100–100 | 18 | 88.9 | 72.2–100 | 15 | 93..3 | 80.0–100 | 3225 | 0.358 |
| Estonia | 44 | 95.5 | 88.6–100 | 19 | 84.2 | 63.2–100 | 19 | 63.2 | 42.1–84.2 | 11,106 | 0.004 | |||
| Finland | 46 | 84.8 | 73.9–95.7 | 34 | 85.3 | 73.5–97.0 | 16 | 87.5 | 68.8–100 | 16 | 75.0 | 50.2–93.8 | 1169 | 0.760 |
| France | 25 | 64.0 | 44.0–88.0 | 26 | 88.5 | 73.1–100 | 20 | 100 | 100–100 | 24 | 70.8 | 54.2–87.5 | 11,424 | 0.010 |
| Germany | 46 | 76.1 | 63.0–87.0 | 43 | 88.4 | 76.8–97.7 | 34 | 76.5 | 61.8–91.2 | 15 | 86.7 | 66.7–100 | 3023 | 0.388 |
| Great Britain | 26 | 57.7 | 38.5–76.9 | 24 | 58.3 | 41.7–75.0 | 27 | 55.6 | 37.0–74.1 | 18 | 72.2 | 50.0–88.9 | 1428 | 0.699 |
| Greece | 34 | 76.5 | 61.8–91.2 | 21 | 90.5 | 76.2–100 | 32 | 68.8 | 53.1–83.1 | 31 | 77.4 | 61.3–90.3 | 3403 | 0.334 |
| Hungary | 25 | 84.0 | 68.0–96.0 | 15 | 93.3 | 80.0–100 | 5 | 60.0 | 20.0–100 | 3180 | 0.204 | |||
| Italy | 32 | 90.6 | 81.3–100 | 30 | 66.7 | 46.7–83.3 | 10 | 60.0 | 30.0–90.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 27.2–100 | 9170 | 0.027 |
| Ireland | 57 | 73.7 | 61.4–84.2 | 29 | 75.9 | 58.6–89.7 | 28 | 67.9 | 50.0–85.7 | 19 | 78.9 | 63.2–94.7 | 0,833 | 0.842 |
| Latvia | 37 | 76.1 | 65.7–86.6 | 32 | 81.3 | 68.8–93.8 | 29 | 72.4 | 55.2–86.2 | 0,677 | 0.713 | |||
| Lithuania | 48 | 72.9 | 60.4–85.4 | 43 | 81.4 | 69.8–93.0 | 15 | 80.0 | 60.0–100 | 1001 | 0.606 | |||
| Luxembourg | 21 | 95.2 | 85.7–100 | 29 | 93.1 | 82.8–100 | 20 | 100 | 100–100 | 19 | 89.5 | 73.7–100 | 2172 | 0.537 |
| Malta | 15 | 86.7 | 66.7–100 | 4 | 100 | 100–100 | 8 | 100 | 100–100 | 1728 | 0.421 | |||
| Poland | 50 | 84.0 | 72.1–94.0 | 13 | 69.2 | 38.5–92.3 | 15 | 80.0 | 60.0–100 | 1456 | 0.483 | |||
| Portugal | 53 | 43.4 | 30.2–56.6 | 32 | 40.6 | 25.0–59.4 | 16 | 50.0 | 25.0–75.0 | 20 | 45.0 | 25.0–69.9 | 0,396 | 0.941 |
| Romania | 40 | 42.5 | 27.5–57.5 | 23 | 47.8 | 30.4–69.6 | 31 | 71.0 | 54.8–87.1 | 6037 | 0.049 | |||
| Slovakia | 15 | 66.7 | 46.7–86.7 | 20 | 95.0 | 85.0–100 | 3 | 100 | 100–100 | 5786 | 0.055 | |||
| Slovenia | 45 | 88.9 | 80.0–97.8 | 17 | 76.5 | 52.9–94.1 | 26 | 84.6 | 69.2–96.2 | 1522 | 0.467 | |||
| Spain | 59 | 72.9 | 61.0–84.7 | 35 | 65.7 | 51.4–80.0 | 23 | 56.5 | 39.1–73.9 | 22 | 59.1 | 36.5–77.3 | 6640 | 0.451 |
| Sweden | 12 | 91.7 | 75.0–100 | 32 | 90.6 | 78.1–100 | 19 | 94.7 | 84.2–100 | 2 | 100 | 100–100 | 0,459 | 0.928 |
| The Netherlands | 39 | 84.6 | 71.9–94.9 | 36 | 80.6 | 66.7–91.7 | 35 | 97.1 | 91.4–100 | 38 | 94.7 | 86.8–100 | 7138 | 0.068 |
CI Confidence intervals