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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics

From: Prevalence and correlates of adherence to movement guidelines among urban and rural children in Mozambique: a cross-sectional study

Continuous variables

Mean (SD)

Total sample (n = 683)

Urban (n = 333)

Rural (n = 350)

t-value

p-value

Age (years)

10.1 (0.8)

10.2 (0.8)

10.1 (0.8)

2.5

0.01*

MVPA (minutes/day)

96.7 (31.8)

82.9 (29.5)

106.9 (29.5)

−9.3

<.0001*

Sleep duration (hours/day)

8.8 (0.8)

8.7 (0.9)

8.9 (0.7)

−2.5

0.01*

ST score (hours/day)

3.8 (2.4)

5.0 (2.3)

2.7 (1.9)

14.1

<.0001*

Categorical variables

N (%)

chi-square

p-value

Sex (% female)

683 (52.9)

333 (54.7)

350 (51.1)

0.8

0.4

MVPA (% meeting recommendations)

534 (89.0)

228 (77.2)

306 (97.7)

56.0

<.0001*

Sleep duration (% meeting recommendations)

530 (39.3)

227 (33.5)

303 (43.6)

5.5

0.02*

ST (% meeting recommendations)

662 (24.2)

318 (8.2)

344 (40.0)

85.4

<.0001*

Parents did not complete high school

431 (74.3)

172 (62.1)

259 (85.5)

48.8

<.0001*

Parents completed high school, some college

111 (19.1)

71 (25.6)

40 (13.2)

Parents completed bachelors or higher degree

38 (6.6)

34 (12.3)

4 (1.3)

  1. Data are presented for participants with complete data
  2. SD Standard deviation, MVPA Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity, ST Recreational screen time
  3. Meeting the recommendations is defined as ≥60 min/day for MVPA, ≤2 h/day for ST, and between 9 and 11 h per night for sleep
  4. *= statistically significant at p < 0.05