Table 1 Socio-demographic, environmental characteristics and sitting time: differences by LTPA and gender

Age of student (in years)

 15-17

67 (47)

76 (53)

0.090

29 (18)

129 (82)

0.279

 18-20

22 (63)

13 (37)

17 (25)

52 (75)

Place of residence

 Rural

39 (53)

35 (47)

0.543

20 (22)

71 (78)

0.599

 Urban

50 (48)

54 (52)

26 (19)

110 (81)

Family type

 Nuclear

59 (47)

67 (53)

0.187

30 (20)

119 (80)

0.946

 Joint/Extended

30 (58)

22 (42)

16 (21)

62 (80)

Economic status

 Low

22 (73)

8 (27)

0.004

24 (23)

81 (77)

0.589

 Medium

26 (38)

43 (63)

13 (20)

53 (80)

 High

41 (52)

38 (48)

9 (16)

47 (84)

Type of school

 Public

31 (48)

34 (52)

0.640

21 (22)

75 (78)

0.605

 Private

58 (51)

55 (49)

25 (19)

106 (81)

Mode of transport to school

 Walking

35 (40)

53 (60)

0.006

25 (22)

90 (78)

0.003

 Cycling

31 (53)

27 (47)

10 (12)

76 (88)

 Vehicles

23 (72)

9 (28)

11 (41)

15 (58)

Playground in school

 No

46 (55)

37 (45)

0.176

26 (26)

76 (74)

0.077

 Yes

43 (45)

52 (55)

20 (16)

105 (84)

Extra-curricular activities at school

 No

70 (70)

65 (48)

0.381

34 (18)

151 (82)

0.138

 Yes

19 (44)

24 (56)

12 (29)

30 (71)

Neighborhood walkability

 No

4 (31)

9 (69)

0.150

5 (21)

19 (79)

0.942

 Yes

85 (51)

80 (49)

41 (20)

162 (80)

Playground/parks near home

 No

56 (59)

39 (41)

0.011

31 (25)

91 (75)

0.038

 Yes

33 (40)

50 (60)

15 (14)

90 (86)

Sitting time

 ≤ 6 hours

15 (47)

17 (53)

0.696

13 (17)

66 (83)

0.297

 > 6 hours

74 (51)

72 (49)

33 (22)

115 (78)

 Mean ± SD (hours/day)

8.3 ± 2.1

7.7 ± 1.8

0.082

7.5 ± 2.4

7.3 ± 2.4

0.734