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Table 4 Estimates for mean hours per week spent on physical activity on the Youth Physical Activity Question (Y-PAQ) by selected demographic, socioeconomic and environmental factors

From: Individual socio-demographic factors and perceptions of the environment as determinants of inequalities in adolescent physical and psychological health: the Olympic Regeneration in East London (ORiEL) study

 

Full sample(N)Unadjusted meanc

Analytic sample(N = 1060)Unadjusted meane

Analytic sample(N = 1060)Fully adjusted mean(95%CI)d

Demographic factors

    

Gender

    

†Male

14.4 (1068)

14 (550)

14.0

[13.3,14.8]

Female

12.8 (872)***

12.6 (510)*

12.6*

[11.8,13.4]

Ethnic group

    

†White: UK

13.6 (378)

13.4 (231)

13.5

[12.2,14.7]

White: Mixed

15 (232)

13.8 (111)

13.8

[12.0,15.5]

Asian: Indian

16.7 (71)*

17.8 (49)*

17.6*

[15.0,20.3]

Asian: Pakistani

12.8 (87)

12.2 (48)

12.2

[9.6,14.9]

Asian: Bangladeshi

12.3 (355)

12.3 (233)

12.4

[11.1,13.8]

Black: Caribbean

13 (89)

14.4 (39)

14.8

[11.9,17.8]

Black: African

13.7 (212)

13.1 (91)

13.0

[11.1,15.0]

Other

14 (498)

13.4 (258)

13.2

[12.0,14.4]

Nativity

    

†UK Born

13.6 (1515)

13.2 (878)

13.2

[12.5,13.8]

Born overseas

13.9 (386)

13.9 (182)

14.3

[12.8,15.7]

Borough

    

†Newham

13.8 (567)

13.7 (266)

13.5

[12.4,14.6]

Tower Hamlets

13.5 (530)

12.4 (315)

12.6

[11.5,13.7]

Barking & Dagenham

13.5 (410)

13.7 (257)

14.0

[12.8,15.1]

Hackney

14 (433)

13.9 (222)

13.5

[12.2,14.8]

Socioeconomic factors

    

Parental economic activity

    

†Both unemployed

13.4 (195)

13.3 (131)

14.1

[12.2,16.0]

One parent employed

13.8 (600)

13.3 (361)

13.7

[12.7,14.7]

Both parents employed

13.7 (643)

13.2 (412)

12.6

[11.6,13.7]

Lone parent employed

13.7 (137)

13.9 (80)

13.7

[11.7,15.8]

Lone parent unemployed

13.3 (119)

13.5 (70)

13.8

[11.4,16.1]

Doesn’t live with parents

16.8 (16)

14.9 (6)

13.5

[6.0,21.0]

Family affluence a

    

†Low

11.6 (223)

11.1 (132)

10.9

[9.2,12.5]

Moderate

13.4 (1001)*

13.1 (572)*

13.1*

[12.4,13.9]

High

15.1 (623)**

14.6 (356)***

14.6**

[13.6,15.6]

Free school meals

    

†No meals

13.7 (1164)

13.2 (700)

13.1

[12.4,13.9]

Receives free meals

13.8 (739)

13.6 (360)

13.8

[12.6,14.9]

Environmental Factors

    

Neighbourhood safety b

    

†Safe

13.4 (393)

13.3 (282)

13.4

[12.2,14.5]

Mixed

13.7 (491)

13.5 (370)

13.4

[12.5,14.4]

Not safe

13.4 (587)

13.2 (408)

13.3

[12.3,14.2]

Neighbourhood aesthetics b

    

†Pleasant

13.6 (343)

13.5 (271)

13.6

[12.5,14.8]

Mixed

13.3 (437)

13.2 (322)

13.2

[12.1,14.2]

Unpleasant

13.7 (671)

13.4 (467)

13.3

[12.4,14.2]

Neighbourhood walk-cycleabilityb

    

†Easy to walk/cycle

14.9 (277)

15 (218)

15.1

[13.9,16.3]

Mixed

13.1 (397)*

13.2 (310)*

13.2*

[12.2,14.3]

Not easy to walk/cycle

13 (687)**

12.7 (532)**

12.7**

[11.9,13.5]

Proximity to businesses & services b

    

†Close by

14.4 (367)

14.4 (286)

14.4

[13.3,15.5]

Mixed

12.6 (522)*

12.6 (367)*

12.6*

[11.7,13.6]

Far away

13.7 (567)

13.3 (407)

13.3

[12.4,14.2]

Likelihood ratio test v linear regression

  

p = 0.20

 
  1. †Reference category.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
  3. a0 to 2 items = low score; 3 to 5 items = moderate score; 6 to 9 items = high score.
  4. bIndividual items were summed were summed for each scale and split into tertiles owing to the skewed distribution.
  5. cFull sample N varies by each outcome due to missing data.
  6. dAdjusted for all demographic, socioeconomic and environmental indicators accounting for clustering within schools.
  7. eIndividuals reporting >75 hrs total activity per week were excluded.
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