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Table 5 Estimates for mean hours per week spent on sedentary 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

29.7 (1068)

33.2 (550)

33.1

[31.9,34.3]

Female

31.9 (872)**

35.6 (510)**

35.5**

[34.2,36.8]

Ethnic group

    

†White: UK

31.8 (378)

34.1 (231)

33.9

[32.0,35.8]

White: Mixed

29.3 (232)

34.1 (111)

34.1

[31.4,36.8]

Asian: Indian

31.7 (71)

34.8 (49)

34.5

[30.5,38.5]

Asian: Pakistani

29.6 (87)

34.1 (48)

34.1

[30.0,38.2]

Asian: Bangladeshi

31.2 (355)

33.4 (233)

33.6

[31.5,35.6]

Black: Caribbean

32.5 (89)

36.1 (39)

35.9

[31.4,40.4]

Black: African

31 (212)

37.4 (91)

37.2

[34.3,40.2]

Other

29.8 (498)

34.1 (258)

34.0

[32.2,35.8]

Nativity

    

†UK Born

31.4 (1515)

34.4 (878)

34.5

[33.5,35.5]

Born overseas

28.9 (386)

34.2 (182)

33.3

[31.1,35.5]

Borough

    

†Newham

29.7 (567)

35 (266)

35.2

[33.3,37.0]

Tower Hamlets

31.7 (530)*

34.1 (315)

34.3

[32.6,36.1]

Barking & Dagenham

30.3 (410)

33.9 (257)

33.5

[31.6,35.4]

Hackney

31.3 (433)

34.3 (222)

34.0

[31.9,36.0]

Socioeconomic factors

    

Parental economic activity

    

†Both unemployed

31.7 (195)

34.8 (131)

34.2

[31.3,37.2]

One parent employed

29.8 (600)

33.3 (361)

33.2

[31.6,34.7]

Both parents employed

31.6 (643)

35 (412)

35.2

[33.6,36.8]

Lone parent employed

33.3 (137)

33.7 (80)

33.9

[30.7,37.1]

Lone parent unemployed

32.9 (119)

35.9 (70)

35.0

[31.4,38.6]

Doesn’t live with parents

26.4 (16)

32.5 (6)

32.2

[20.8,43.7]

Family affluence a

    

†Low

31.1 (223)

33.9 (132)

33.7

[31.2,36.2]

Moderate

31.4 (1001)

34.6 (572)

34.5

[33.3,35.7]

High

30.4 (623)

34 (356)

34.1

[32.5,35.6]

Free school meals

    

†No meals

31.3 (1164)

34 (700)

33.9

[32.7,35.1]

Receives free meals

30 (739)

35 (360)

35.0

[33.2,36.8]

Environmental Factors

    

Neighbourhood safety b

    

†Safe

32.8 (393)

33.5 (282)

33.4

[31.7,35.2]

Mixed

35 (491)*

35.3 (370)

35.3

[33.8,36.8]

Not safe

33 (587)

34 (408)

33.9

[32.4,35.4]

Neighbourhood aesthetics b

    

†Pleasant

34.1 (343)

34.2 (271)

34.2

[32.4,36.0]

Mixed

33.3 (437)

34.7 (322)

34.7

[33.1,36.3]

Unpleasant

33.3 (671)

34.1 (467)

34.0

[32.6,35.4]

Neighbourhood walk-cycleabilityb

    

†Easy to walk/cycle

31.8 (277)

32.9 (218)

32.8

[30.9,34.7]

Mixed

34.4 (397)*

35 (310)

34.7

[33.1,36.4]

Not easy to walk/cycle

34 (687)*

34.6 (532)

34.6

[33.3,35.8]

Proximity to businesses & services b

    

†Close by

32.9 (367)

33.7 (286)

33.7

[32.0,35.4]

Mixed

33.6 (522)

34.3 (367)

34.0

[32.6,35.5]

Far away

33.7 (567)

34.8 (407)

34.9

[33.4,36.3]

Likelihood ratio test v linear regression

  

p = <0.001

 
  1. †Reference category.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.
  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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