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. 2022 Mar 18;19:27. doi: 10.1186/s12966-022-01263-7

Table 1.

Results of socioeconomic inequalities in physical activity and sport participation meta-analysis

Variable # Studies # ESs ES Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI I2_2 I2_3 R2_2 R2_3 T2_2 T2_3
Sport participation
 Participation 23 39 1.87 1.38 2.36 0.15 0.84 0.02 0.00 0.20 1.00
 Children 14 17 2.03 1.41 2.65
 Adolescents 7 19 1.84 1.14 2.55
 Duration (minutes) 17 23 0.24 0.12 0.35 0.10 0.90 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.04
 Children 11 14 0.28 0.15 0.41
 Adolescents 5 7 0.13 −0.03 0.30
Total physical activity
 Meeting guidelines 31 37 1.21 1.09 1.33 0.34 0.56 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.32
 Children 16 19 1.07 0.76 1.38
 Adolescents 9 10 1.33 0.94 1.73
 Duration (minutes) 38 56 0.08 0.02 0.14 0.67 0.26 0.01 0.30 0.02 0.01
 Children 22 38 0.13 0.04 0.21
 Adolescents 12 13 0.05 −0.05 0.15
Leisure time physical activity
 Duration (minutes) 7 8 0.13 −0.06 0.32 0.30 0.70

Note. The summary measure for sport participation and meeting physical activity guidelines are odds ratios and duration in Cohen’s d. A Cohen’s d of 0.2 is interpreted as small, 0.5 represents medium and 0.8 a large effect size. I2_2 = heterogeneity at Level 2 (i.e., between effect sizes from the same study); I2_3 = heterogeneity at Level 3 (i.e., between studies). R2_2 = variance explained at Level 2 (i.e., between effect sizes from the same study); R2_3 = variance explained at Level 3 (i.e., between studies)