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Table 2 Typologies identified by physical activities, sedentary behaviors and health risk-related behaviors

From: Activity-related behavior typologies in youth: a systematic review

 

Healthy activity, low risk

Average activity, low risk

Low activity, low risk

Sedentary, low risk

Healthy activity, average risk

Average activity, average risk

Low activity, average risk

Sedentary, average risk

Healthy activity, high risk

Average activity, high risk

Low activity, high risk

Sedentary, high risk

Descriptive characteristics

 Age

-♂ (28)

- (24)

-♂ (28)

- (32)

+♀ (28)

+♀ (28)

+ (41)

+♂ (32)

    

- (41)

+♀ (28)

+♂ (32)

+ (38, 40)

+♀ (32)

+ (24)

+ (29)

 Sex (male)

- (24, 29)

   

- (38)

+ (29)

 

- (24)

+ (41)

- (41)

+ (24)

 

 Weight status

- (32, 39, 40)

  

+♀ (28)

+ (39)

+ (39)

  

+♂ (28)

 

+♀ (28)

+ (38–40)

 

+ (29)

 Household income

+♀ (28)

  

-♀ (28)

+♂ (28)

 

-♂ (28)

-♂ (28)

  

-♂ (28)

 

 Family affluence

   

- (29)

 

+ (29)

      

 Parental education level

+♀ (28)

+ (24)

 

-♀ (28)

-♀ (28)

+♂ (28)

 

-♂ (28)

-♂ (28)

+ (24)

 

-♀ (28)

  

 Ethnicity (white)

+ (40)

  

-♀ (28)

+♀ (28)

  

-♂ (28)

    

 Ethnicity (Hispanic)

-♀ (28)

+♀ (28)

  

-♂ (28)

+♀ (28)

+♂ (28)

+♂ (28)

  

+♂ (28)

 

 Ethnicity (Black)

-♂ (28)

  

+♀ (28)

   

+♂ (28)

    

 Ethnicity (Asian)

 

+♀ (32)

         

-♀ (32)

 Ethnicity (Multiethnic)

 

+♀ (28)

   

+♀ (28)

      

 Country of birth (born in study country)

+ (29)

  

- (29)

 

+ (29)

   

+ (38)

  

 School type (public)

          

+ (24)

 

 Education level

    

+ (38)

       

Individual correlates

 Self-efficacy

           

- (29)

  1. ♂ indicates male only, ♀ indicates female only, + indicates positive association, − indicates negative association, 0 indicates no association