Table 2.
χ2 Inferential analysis of the adolescents’ gender, grade, age, physical activity, sleep time, perception of health, of neighborhood’s security, of happiness, likes school and proximity to school according to active transportation (n = 4276).
Variables | Active Transportation | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||
n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||
Female | 1534 | 35.9 | 833 | 19.5 |
Male | 1182 | 27.6 | 727 | 17.0 |
Grade * | ||||
8th year | 1251 | 29.3 | 635 | 14.9 |
10th year | 865 | 20.2 | 510 | 11.9 |
12th year | 600 | 14.0 | 415 | 9.7 |
Age * | ||||
13–14 years | 1122 | 26.3 | 535 | 12.6 |
15–16 years | 676 | 15.8 | 370 | 8.7 |
>16 years | 913 | 21.4 | 652 | 15.2 |
Physical Activity * | ||||
Insufficient | 1741 | 40.7 | 944 | 22.1 |
Enough | 975 | 22.8 | 616 | 14.4 |
Sleep Time * | ||||
Inappropriate | 1147 | 26.9 | 761 | 17.8 |
Appropriate | 1564 | 36.7 | 795 | 18.6 |
Perception of Health | ||||
reasonable to bad | 379 | 8.9 | 236 | 5.5 |
good or excellent | 2337 | 54.7 | 1324 | 31.0 |
Perception of Neighborhood’s Security | ||||
Bad | 971 | 24.2 | 599 | 14.9 |
Good | 1574 | 39.2 | 868 | 21.6 |
Perception of Happiness * | ||||
Happy | 2206 | 51.6 | 1206 | 28.2 |
Unhappy | 510 | 11.9 | 354 | 8.3 |
Likes School | ||||
Yes | 1797 | 42.0 | 1011 | 23.6 |
No | 919 | 21.5 | 549 | 12.8 |
Proximity to School * | ||||
Distant | 837 | 19.8 | 264 | 6.2 |
Near | 1845 | 43.6 | 1290 | 30.5 |
* χ2 significant values for p < 0.05; Adjusted residuals ≥|1.9| are considered significant (in bold).