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Table 6 Time trends in television viewing time* according sex, age and years of schooling- Brazil 2006-2012

From: Time trends of physical activity and television viewing time in Brazil: 2006-2012

Variables

2006

2007

2008

2009

Annual change (%)

p value

Annual change (%)

p value

Sex

        

  Male

27.6

26.0

24.6

23.7

-5.0

< 0.001

-4.3

0.013

  Female

31.3

28.9

27.2

26.7

-5.3

< 0.001

0.0

0.453

Age (years)

        

  18-24

33.5

34.3

28.1

28.0

-7.1

< 0.001

-1.5

0.586

  25-34

28.5

27.1

26.4

25.4

-3.5

0.011

-1.8

0.455

  35-44

27.3

24.4

22.6

23.0

-5.8

< 0.001

+1.0

0.693

  45-54

27.2

24.8

24.3

23.2

-4.9

0.003

-2.6

0.338

  55-64

28.9

26.1

27.1

24.7

-4.2

0.021

-3.2

0.266

  65+

34.7

28.5

29.8

28.7

-5.2

0.001

-2.0

0.427

Years of schooling

        

  0-4

30.3

25.1

25.4

25.8

-4.9

0.004

+1.7

0.582

  5-8

31.9

30.2

30.1

29.1

-2.8

0.048

-1.3

0.605

  9-11

33.0

31.3

28.7

27.7

-6.0

< 0.001

-1.5

0.348

  12+

21.1

20.1

17.8

16.8

-7.7

< 0.001

-3.9

0.091

  1. *More than 3 hours per day watching television.