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Table 2 Prevalence of meeting MVPA recommendations by sex, age groups, residence locales, and living arrangement

From: Gender and age differences in the association between living arrangement and physical activity levels among youth aged 9–19 years in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional questionnaire study

Variable

Overall

Age group, years

(n = 33,213)

9–11 (n = 13,237)

12–14 (n = 11,157)

15–19 (n = 8819)

Overall (% (SE))

17.8 (0.2)

28.8 (0.3)

14.2 (0.3)

5.7 (0.2)

Sex

 Boys

20.6 (0.2)*

29.9 (0.4)#

18.0 (0.4)

8.8 (0.4)

 Girls

15.1(0.2)

27.7 (0.4)#

10.7 (0.4)

3.0 (0.3)

Residence locale

Urban

 Overall

16.4 (0.3)

26.3 (0.5)

13.4 (0.5)

5.9 (0.5)

 Boys

18.9 (0.3)

27.7 (0.6)

16.8 (0.6)

8.6 (0.5)

 Girls

14.0 (0.3)

24.8 (0.6)

10.3 (0.5)

3.4 (0.4)

Rural

 Overall

20.3 (0.4)a

33.3 (0.5)

15.9 (0.5)

5.4 (0.5)

 Boys

23.7 (0.3)a

34.2 (0.6)

20.4 (0.5)

9.4 (0.6)

 Girls

17.0 (0.3)a

32.4 (0.6)

11.8 (0.4)

2.2 (0.5)

SES

Low

 Overall

19.4 (0.4)b

31.1 (0.5)

15.5 (0.5)

4.8 (0.6)

 Boys

22.1 (0.3)b

32.0 (0.6)

18.7 (0.6)

7.5 (0.6)

 Girls

16.7 (0.3)b

30.2 (0.5)

12.1 (0.6)

2.6 (0.5)

Moderate

 Overall

17.7 (0.3)

27.9 (0.6)

14.1 (0.6)

6.2 (0.5)

 Boys

20.1 (0.3)

28.4 (0.6)

17.7 (0.5)

9.0 (0.5)

 Girls

15.3 (0.3)

27.2 (0.6)

10.8 (0.6)

3.6 (0.6)

High

 Overall

15.6 (0.3)

25.7 (0.6)

12.9 (0.5)

6.5 (0.6)

 Boys

18.8 (0.4)

27.9 (0.6)

17.4 (0.6)

10.0 (0.6)

 Girls

12.5 (0.4)

23.6 (0.6)

8.8 (0.6)

3 .0 (0.6)

Living with

 Both parents

  Overall

17.9 (0.3)

29.7 (0.5)

14.3 (0.5)

5.7 (0.4)

  Boys

20.8 (0.3)

30.9 (0.6)

18.0 (0.5)

8.8 (0.5)

  Girls

15.1 (0.4)

28.4 (0.4)

10.9 (0.6)

2.9 (0.4)

 One parent

  Overall

15.3 (0.4)c

26.3 (0.4)

14.5 (0.5)

5.5 (0.6)

  Boys

19.9 (0.3)

29.3 (0.5)

20.0 (0.6)

8.5 (0.6)

  Girls

10.9 (0.4)

23.0 (0.4)

8.8 (0.5)

3.2 (0.5)

 Grandparent(s)

  Overall

18.1 (0.3)

24.9 (0.5)

13.4 (0.5)

6.4 (0.6)

  Boys

19.4 (0.4)

24.5 (0.4)

17.1 (0.5)

9.6 (0.5)

  Girls

16.9 (0.3)

25.2 (0.5)

10.3 (0.5)

3.3 (0.6)

  1. *p < .001, compared with girls. # p < .001, compared with counterparts from the other two age groups
  2. ap < .001, compared with urban counterparts. bp < .001, compared with counterparts from the other SES
  3. cp < .001, compared with counterparts from the other living arrangements
  4. Abbreviations: SE standard error, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity