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Table 4 Comparison of physical activity pursuits by gender

From: Dietary and other lifestyle characteristics of Cypriot school children: results from the nationwide CYKIDS study

Percentage

Boys

Girls

p

Have private lessons > 2 hours/day

51.8

55.1

0.280

Do homework ≥ 2 hours/day

28.6

38.5

<0.001

Watch TV- DVD ≥ 2 hours/day

65.8

61.4

0.280

Watch TV- DVD ≥ 2 hours in weekend days

77.1

79.2

0.700

Play electronic games or use computers ≥ 1 hours/day

69.8

41.5

<0.001

Play electronic games or use computers ≥ 1 hours in weekend days

74.2

50.3

<0.001

Did not participate at all in sports the previous day

34.6

65.4

<0.001

Did not participate at all in any kind of physical activity the previous day

22.6

24.8

0.385

Do any kind of home chores at least 1/2 hour/day

73.3

93.2

<0.001

Do in any kind of out of home chores at least 1 hour/week

37.3

32.3

0.086

Mean (SD) Hours

   

Have private lessons at weekdays

2.56 (1.93)

2.62 (1.83)

0.151

Do homework at weekdays

1.70 (1.19)

1.95 (1.32)

0.079

Watched TV-video the day before

2.42 (2.06)

2.32 (1.96)

0.317

Watched TV-video at weekends

4.25 (2.63)

4.18 (2.64)

0.806

Played with electronic games, computer the day before

1.15 (1.73)

0.64 (1.16)

<0.0001

Played with electronic games, computer at weekends

2.79 (2.68)

1.59 (2.05)

<0.001

Engaged in sports after school the day before

1.32 (1.58)

0.66 (1.06)

<0.0001

Engaged in physical activity after school the day before

1.50 (1.74)

1.17 (1.35)

0.001

Engaged in home chores/week

2.79 (6.52)

5.69 (8.37)

<0.0001

Engaged in outside home chores/week

2.31 (6.05)

1.90 (4.31)

0.219

  1. Data are expressed as mean (SD) or percentages.