Table 4.
Odds ratio and 95% CI for academic performance concerning the sports participation (Math).
| Overall | Boys | Girls | ||||||||||||
| Math | OR | 95% CI | Sig | Math | OR | 95% CI | Sig | Math | OR | 95% CI | Sig | |||
| Frequencies | ||||||||||||||
| 1–3 times a month | 1.15 | 1.09 | 1.22 | p < 0.001 | 1–3 times a month | 1.14 | 1.05 | 1.24 | 0.002 | 1–3 times a month | 1.17 | 1.07 | 1.27 | p < 0.001 |
| 1–2 times a week | 1.16 | 1.09 | 1.24 | p < 0.001 | 1–2 times a week | 1.24 | 1.14 | 1.35 | p < 0.001 | 1–2 times a week | 1.08 | 0.99 | 1.19 | 0.069 |
| 3 times a week and above | 1.28 | 1.20 | 1.37 | p < 0.001 | 3 times a week and above | 1.38 | 1.26 | 1.52 | p < 0.001 | 3 times a week and above | 1.17 | 1.06 | 1.30 | 0.002 |
Reference group: Never participate in sports. All models controlled for sex, age, grade, subjective family socioeconomic status, parents’ educational background and siblings; statistically significant at p < 0.05.