Table 1 Total number and percentage of children participating in the ASHFS by age, school type, socioeconomic status (SES), weight status, parental exercise and number of sports played
Boys (N = 3,256) | Girls (N = 3,158) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Age | ||||
9 | 476 | 14.6 | 482 | 15.3 |
10 | 479 | 14.7 | 489 | 15.5 |
11 | 473 | 14.5 | 475 | 15.0 |
12 | 473 | 14.5 | 479 | 15.2 |
13 | 454 | 13.9 | 426 | 13.5 |
14 | 453 | 13.9 | 400 | 12.7 |
15 | 448 | 13.8 | 407 | 12.9 |
School Type | ||||
Government | 2,403 | 73.8 | 2,335 | 73.9 |
Catholic | 655 | 20.1 | 677 | 21.4 |
Independent | 198 | 6.1 | 146 | 4.6 |
SES | ||||
Low | 310 | 9.7 | 272 | 8.8 |
Medium-low | 1,230 | 38.5 | 1,197 | 38.6 |
Medium-high | 914 | 28.6 | 886 | 28.6 |
High | 742 | 23.2 | 748 | 24.1 |
Weight status* | ||||
Under/acceptable weight | 2,899 | 89.0 | 2,778 | 88.0 |
Overweight | 301 | 9.2 | 335 | 10.6 |
Obese | 56 | 1.7 | 45 | 1.4 |
Parental Exercise | ||||
Both parents active | 553 | 18.4 | 630 | 21.5 |
Mother active only | 518 | 17.3 | 537 | 18.3 |
Father active only | 627 | 20.9 | 565 | 19.3 |
Both parents inactive | 1,303 | 43.4 | 1,196 | 40.9 |
Incomplete data | 255 | 7.8 | 230 | 7.3 |
Number of sports | ||||
0 sport | 184 | 5.7 | 230 | 7.3 |
1 sport | 586 | 18.0 | 691 | 21.9 |
2 sports | 881 | 27.1 | 857 | 27.1 |
3 sports | 740 | 22.7 | 658 | 20.8 |
4 sports | 484 | 14.9 | 404 | 12.8 |
5 sports | 235 | 7.2 | 187 | 5.9 |
6 sports | 146 | 4.5 | 131 | 4.2 |