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Table 6 Sedentary behaviors of the Swiss sample stratified by gender, parental education and ethnicity

From: Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviors among schoolchildren in German-speaking Switzerland compared to seven countries in Europe

Sedentary behavior

Total

Gender

 

Parental education

Language spoken at home

Country of birth of parents

  

Boys

Girls

Low

High

Non-native

Native

Non-native

Native

 

N=596

N=311

N=285

N=175

N=381

N=139

N=455

N=201

N=359

Screen time FQ (min/day)

131 (90)

146 (95)***

116 (82)

150 (96)**

120 (85)

166 (109)***

121 (81)

150 (98)***

119 (84)

Screen time 24h recall (min/day)

74 (74)

87 (77)***

60 (67)

90 (84)*

65 (65)

97 (94)**

67 (65)

87 (84)*

65 (58)

TV time FQ (min/day)

79 (54)

83 (54)

75 (53)

93 (59)***

72 (51)

99 (64)***

73 (49)

91 (60)***

72 (50)

TV time-24h recall (min/day)

49 (50)

55 (50)**

42 (48)

59 (55)**

44 (46)

62 (60)*

45 (46)

55 (54)

45 (47)

Computer time FQ (min/day)

53 (49)

63 (54)***

41 (41)

57 (52)

48 (44)

68 (61)***

47 (44)

59 (62)*

47 (44)

Computer time 24h recall (min/day)

25 (42)

33 (47)***

18 (34)

31 (50)*

21 (35)

35 (52)**

22 (38)

32 (49)**

20 (34)

Sleep duration (hr/night)

9.2 (1.5)

9.5 (0.8)

9.5 (0.7)

9.5 (2.1)

9.5 (0.8)

9.5 (0.8)

9.6 (0.7)

9.6 (0.7)

9.5 (0.7)

  1. *p≤0,05.
  2. **p≤0,01.
  3. ***p≤0,001.