| Total Sample (n = 1860) | Physical activity > twice a week (n = 988)a | Sedentary lifestyle > one hour a day (n = 909)b | ||||
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Characteristics | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | P value | n (%) | χ2 | P value |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Boys | 977 (52.5) | 538 (55.1) | 3.14 | 0.077 | 512 (52.4) | 10.29 | 0.001 |
   Girls | 883 (47.5) | 450 (51.0) |  |  | 397 (45.0) |  |  |
Area and socioeconomic status (SES) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Urban, high SES | 465 (25.0) | 224 (48.2) | 36.39 | < 0.001 | 280 (60.2) | 60.32 | < 0.001 |
   Urban, middle SES | 465 (25.0) | 229 (49.2) |  |  | 229 (49.2) |  |  |
   Urban, low SES | 465 (25.0) | 232 (49.9) |  |  | 237 (51.0) |  |  |
   Rural, low/disadvantaged SES | 465 (25.0) | 303 (65.2) |  |  | 163 (35.1) |  |  |
Neighborhood income | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Low | 651 (35.0) | 374 (57.5) | 8.16 | 0.017 | 248 (38.1) | 50.83 | < 0.001 |
   Middle | 910 (48.9) | 468 (51.4) |  |  | 482 (53.0) |  |  |
   High | 299 (16.1) | 146 (48.8) |  |  | 179 (59.9) |  |  |
Parental education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Illiterate | 366 (19.7) | 212 (57.9) | 7.30 | 0.063 | 133 (36.3) | 62.12 | < 0.001 |
   High school | 496 (26.7) | 273 (55.0) |  |  | 205 (41.3) |  |  |
   College | 531 (28.5) | 264 (49.7) |  |  | 305 (57.4) |  |  |
   Higher education | 467 (25.1) | 239 (51.2) |  |  | 266 (57.0) |  |  |
Parental working status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Father only | 1465 (78.8) | 785 (53.6) | 0.60 | 0.439 | 732 (50.0) | 3.31 | 0.069 |
   Both parents | 395 (21.2) | 203 (51.4) |  |  | 177 (44.8) |  |  |
Number of siblings | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No | 26 (1.4) | 15 (57.7) | 0.23 | 0.893 | 17 (65.4) | 46.99 | < 0.001 |
   1-3 | 1008 (54.2) | 534 (53.0) |  |  | 561 (55.7) |  |  |
   > 3 | 826 (44.4) | 439 (53.1) |  |  | 331 (40.1) |  |  |
Number of persons in child's living room | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No | 116 (6.2) | 51 (44.0) | 4.24 | 0.120 | 73 (62.9) | 16.96 | < 0.001 |
   1-3 | 791 (42.5) | 422 (53.4) |  |  | 407 (51.5) |  |  |
   > 3 | 953 (51.2) | 515 (54.0) |  |  | 429 (45.0) |  |  |