Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics.
| Weighted Sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | ||
| Sex | |||
| Boys | 104,207 | 31,720,517 | 51.0 (49.7, 52.3) |
| Girls | 117,914 | 30,482,324 | 49.0 (47.7, 50.3) |
| Age | |||
| 13 years | 44,139 | 13,668,517 | 22.0 (20.6, 23.4) |
| 14 years | 56,226 | 17,088,216 | 27.5 (26.1, 28.9) |
| 15 years | 54,809 | 14,639,544 | 23.5 (22.5, 24.6) |
| 16 years | 43,337 | 10,211,684 | 16.4 (15.1, 17.8) |
| 17 years | 23,610 | 6,594,880 | 10.6 (9.3, 12.0) |
| Food insecurity (SES proxy report) | |||
| Never/rarely | 58,918 | 19,146,235 | 31.1 (30.1, 32.2) |
| Sometimes/most of the time/always | 153,575 | 42,339,970 | 68.9 (67.8, 69.9) |
| Region | |||
| African Region | 27,788 | 8,195,278 | 13.2 (11.9, 14.6) |
| Americas Region | 68,753 | 6,678,578 | 10.7 (9.8, 11.8) |
| Southeast Asia Region | 32,695 | 20,423,844 | 32.8 (29.8, 36.0) |
| Eastern Mediterranean Region | 32,274 | 10,447,384 | 16.8 (14.8, 18.9) |
| Western Pacific Region | 60,611 | 16,457,756 | 26.5 (24.2, 28.9) |
| Income | |||
| Low income | 27,505 | 12,274,641 | 19.8 (17.3, 22.7) |
| Lower-middle income | 75,725 | 37,824,314 | 60.7 (58.3, 63.1) |
| Upper-middle income | 89,284 | 11,452,473 | 18.6 (17.5, 19.7) |
| High income | 27,569 | 649,337 | 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) |
| Participation in physical education classes | |||
| 0 days | 46,597 | 11,325,217 | 18.2 (17.2, 19.3) |
| 1–2 days | 118,262 | 35,244,897 | 56.7 (54.9, 58.4) |
| ≥3 days | 57,262 | 15,632,727 | 25.1 (24.0, 26.3) |
| Physical activity | |||
| Did not meet recommendations | 185,772 | 52,286,483 | 84.8 (84.0, 85.7) |
| Met recommendations | 34,201 | 9,342,697 | 15.2 (14.3, 16.0) |
| Sedentary behaviour (sitting time) | |||
| Did not meet recommendations | 84,581 | 19,397,870 | 31.6 (30.3, 32.9) |
| Met recommendations | 134,909 | 42,055,541 | 68.4 (67.1, 69.7) |
| Active travel to school | |||
| No | 102,416 | 25,472,511 | 41.3 (39.7, 42.8) |
| Yes | 118,000 | 36,278,856 | 58.7 (57.2, 60.3) |
| Fruit consumption | |||
| Did not meet recommendations | 138,914 | 39,022,734 | 63.5 (62.5, 64.5) |
| Met recommendations | 79,150 | 22,451,120 | 36.5 (35.5, 37.5) |
| Vegetable consumption | |||
| Did not meet recommendations | 168,865 | 46,678,937 | 76.0 (75.1, 76.8) |
| Met recommendations | 49,113 | 14,760,158 | 24.0 (23.2, 24.9) |
| Smoking cigarettes | |||
| Yes | 25,870 | 5,554,059 | 9.5 (8.9, 10.2) |
| No | 176,870 | 52,708,387 | 90.5 (89.8, 91.1) |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Yes | 41,261 | 7,280,342 | 14.6 (13.7, 15.5) |
| No | 137,959 | 42,584,054 | 85.4 (84.5, 86.3) |
| Healthy lifestyle behaviours index | |||
| 0 | 1156 | 186,172 | 0.4 (0.4, 0.5) |
| 1 | 7082 | 1,091,078 | 2.4 (2.2, 2.6) |
| 2 | 22,975 | 4,926,778 | 11.0 (10.3, 11.7) |
| 3 | 45,624 | 12,575,587 | 28.0 (27.2, 28.8) |
| 4 | 45,763 | 14,112,531 | 31.4 (30.7, 32.1) |
| 5 | 25,205 | 8,367,151 | 18.6 (17.9, 19.4) |
| 6 | 8609 | 3,087,242 | 6.9 (6.3, 7.4) |
| 7 | 1452 | 577,887 | 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) |