Table 1 Sample characteristics, and summary of physical activity volumes stratified by gender
From: Gender differences in the distribution of children’s physical activity: evidence from nine countries
Overall | Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|---|
n | 15461 | 7998 | 7463 |
Counts Per Minutea (mean (SD)) | 588.89 (225.87) | 532.91 (200.34) | 649.94 (236.11) |
MVPA (mean (SD)) | 52.38 (29.60) | 42.94 (23.73) | 62.51 (31.84) |
Light (mean (SD)) | 363.36 (78.66) | 361.93 (77.74) | 364.90 (79.60) |
Sedentarya (mean (SD)) | 357.23 (99.18) | 365.86 (99.40) | 347.82 (98.08) |
Age (mean (SD)) | 11.71 (2.72) | 11.69 (2.71) | 11.72 (2.74) |
Height (mean (SD)) | 148.93 (15.46) | 147.98 (14.09) | 149.94 (16.74) |
Weight (mean (SD)) | 44.96 (16.86) | 44.51 (15.55) | 45.45 (18.15) |
Ethnicity (white) (%) | 8366 (69.8) | 4345 (70.5) | 4021 (69.1) |
Mothers Education (Beyond Compulsory) (%) | 8933 (58.5) | 4672 (59.1) | 4261 (57.9) |
Fathers Education (Beyond Compulsory) (%) | 7614 (62.5) | 3953 (62.7) | 3661 (62.3) |
Country (%) | |||
Australia | 2395 (15.5) | 1256 (15.7) | 1139 (15.3) |
Brazil | 455 ( 2.9) | 217 ( 2.7) | 238 ( 3.2) |
Denmark | 1491 ( 9.6) | 816 (10.2) | 675 ( 9.0) |
Estonia | 594 ( 3.8) | 331 ( 4.1) | 263 ( 3.5) |
Norway | 367 ( 2.4) | 180 ( 2.3) | 187 ( 2.5) |
Portugal | 637 ( 4.1) | 313 ( 3.9) | 324 ( 4.3) |
Switzerland | 385 ( 2.5) | 199 ( 2.5) | 186 ( 2.5) |
UK | 4785 (30.9) | 2511 (31.4) | 2274 (30.5) |
USA | 4352 (28.1) | 2175 (27.2) | 2177 (29.2) |