Table 6 Clustering of study population into three latent classes based on health behaviours
Health behaviour | Amount or frequency | Girls | Boys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Latent class I n = 1256 | Latent class II n = 1071 | Latent class III n = 1098 | Latent class I n = 862 | Latent class II n = 628 | Latent class III n = 1583 | ||
Stress-related eating | At least to some extent | 732 (58.3%) | 527 (49.2%) | 218 (19.9%) | 188 (21.8%) | 142 (22.6%) | 136 (8.6%) |
Physical activity | <2 hours a week | 310 (24.7%) | 694 (64.8%) | 384 (35.0%) | 126 (14.6%) | 361 (57.5%) | 471 (29.8%) |
2–3 hours a week | 407 (32.4%) | 252 (23.5%) | 369 (33.6%) | 229 (26.6%) | 124 (19.7%) | 361 (22.8%) | |
>3 hours a week | 539 (42.9%) | 125 (11.7%) | 345 (31.4%) | 507 (58.8%) | 143 (22.8%) | 751 (47.4%) | |
Tobacco use | Never smoked or taken snuff | 304 (24.2%) | 97 (9.1%) | 735 (66.9%) | 291 (33.8%) | 70 (11.1%) | 765 (48.3%) |
Experimental or occasional use of cigarettes or snuff | 557 (44.3%) | 455 (42.5%) | 363 (33.1%) | 351 (40.7%) | 146 (23.2%) | 704 (44.5%) | |
Smoking or taking snuff regularly | 395 (31.4%) | 519 (48.5%) | 0 (0%) | 220 (25.5%) | 412 (65.6%) | 114 (7.2%) | |
Sleeping | <8 hours per night | 388 (30.9%) | 378 (35.3%) | 72 (6.6%) | 167 (19.4%) | 252 (40.1%) | 100 (6.3%) |
8–9 hours per night | 735 (58.5%) | 549 (51.3%) | 951 (86.6%) | 564 (65.4%) | 253 (40.3%) | 1224 (77.3%) | |
≥9 hours per night | 133 (10.6%) | 144 (13.4%) | 75 (6.8%) | 131 (15.2%) | 123 (19.6%) | 259 (16.4%) | |
Binge eating | Once a month - daily | 167 (13.3%) | 139 (13.0%) | 2 (0.2%) | 111 (12.9%) | 145 (23.1%) | 64 (4.0%) |
Strict diet to control weight | Occasionally or often | 792 (63.1%) | 213 (19.9%) | 17 (1.5%) | 241 (28.0%) | 35 (5.6%) | 27 (1.7%) |
Heavy exercise to control weight | Occasionally or often | 1256 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) | 207 (18.9%) | 862 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) | 46 (2.9%) |
Eating meals with one’s family | A few times a week or less often | 574 (45.7%) | 572 (53.4%) | 103 (9.4%) | 250 (29.0%) | 300 (47.8%) | 220 (13.9%) |