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Table 1 Prevalence (%) of sedentary behaviour (SB) in adolescents (15–17 years old) in the European Union (EU) countries between 2002 and 2017

From: No changes in adolescent’s sedentary behaviour across Europe between 2002 and 2017

 

2002

2005

2013

2017

2002–2017

Sample

SB (%)

95% CI

Sample

SB (%)

95% CI

Sample

SB (%)

95% CI

Sample

SB (%)

95% CI

χ2

p-value

EU total

543

74.2

70.2–77.7

929

78.8

76.2–81.4

592

78.0

74.5–81.4

478

76.8

73.0–80.7

4375

0.224

EU boys

276

71.7

66.3–77.5

490

76.7

72.7–80.2

310

75.2

70.3–79.7

259

75.7

70.3–80.7

2415

0.491

EU girls

267

76.8

71.9–82.0

439

71.1

77.2–84.7

282

81.2

76.2–85.8

219

78.1

72.6–83.1

2671

0.445

Countries

 Austria

42

66.7

52.4–81.0

21

66.7

47.6–85.7

13

76.9

53.8–100

9

88.9

66.7–100

2170

0.538

 Belgium

40

85.0

72.5–95.0

36

88.9

77.8–97.2

30

76.7

60.0–90.0

16

68.8

43.8–87.5

3877

0.275

 Bulgaria

   

44

84.1

72.7–93.2

19

68.4

47.4–89.5

20

80.0

60.0–95.0

2004

0.367

 Croatia

   

31

71.0

54.8–87.1

10

80.0

50.0–100

13

92.3

76.9–100

2448

0.294

 Cyprus Republic

   

28

89.3

78.6–100

16

81.3

62.5–100

15

60.0

33.3–86.7

5205

0.074

 Czech Republic

   

32

87.5

75.0–96.9

20

85.0

65.0–100

12

83.3

58.3–100

0,147

0.929

 Denmark

11

81.8

54.5–100

17

100

100–100

18

88.9

72.2–100

15

93..3

80.0–100

3225

0.358

 Estonia

   

44

95.5

88.6–100

19

84.2

63.2–100

19

63.2

42.1–84.2

11,106

0.004

 Finland

46

84.8

73.9–95.7

34

85.3

73.5–97.0

16

87.5

68.8–100

16

75.0

50.2–93.8

1169

0.760

 France

25

64.0

44.0–88.0

26

88.5

73.1–100

20

100

100–100

24

70.8

54.2–87.5

11,424

0.010

 Germany

46

76.1

63.0–87.0

43

88.4

76.8–97.7

34

76.5

61.8–91.2

15

86.7

66.7–100

3023

0.388

 Great Britain

26

57.7

38.5–76.9

24

58.3

41.7–75.0

27

55.6

37.0–74.1

18

72.2

50.0–88.9

1428

0.699

 Greece

34

76.5

61.8–91.2

21

90.5

76.2–100

32

68.8

53.1–83.1

31

77.4

61.3–90.3

3403

0.334

 Hungary

   

25

84.0

68.0–96.0

15

93.3

80.0–100

5

60.0

20.0–100

3180

0.204

 Italy

32

90.6

81.3–100

30

66.7

46.7–83.3

10

60.0

30.0–90.0

3

33.3

27.2–100

9170

0.027

 Ireland

57

73.7

61.4–84.2

29

75.9

58.6–89.7

28

67.9

50.0–85.7

19

78.9

63.2–94.7

0,833

0.842

 Latvia

   

37

76.1

65.7–86.6

32

81.3

68.8–93.8

29

72.4

55.2–86.2

0,677

0.713

 Lithuania

   

48

72.9

60.4–85.4

43

81.4

69.8–93.0

15

80.0

60.0–100

1001

0.606

 Luxembourg

21

95.2

85.7–100

29

93.1

82.8–100

20

100

100–100

19

89.5

73.7–100

2172

0.537

 Malta

   

15

86.7

66.7–100

4

100

100–100

8

100

100–100

1728

0.421

 Poland

   

50

84.0

72.1–94.0

13

69.2

38.5–92.3

15

80.0

60.0–100

1456

0.483

 Portugal

53

43.4

30.2–56.6

32

40.6

25.0–59.4

16

50.0

25.0–75.0

20

45.0

25.0–69.9

0,396

0.941

 Romania

   

40

42.5

27.5–57.5

23

47.8

30.4–69.6

31

71.0

54.8–87.1

6037

0.049

 Slovakia

   

15

66.7

46.7–86.7

20

95.0

85.0–100

3

100

100–100

5786

0.055

 Slovenia

   

45

88.9

80.0–97.8

17

76.5

52.9–94.1

26

84.6

69.2–96.2

1522

0.467

 Spain

59

72.9

61.0–84.7

35

65.7

51.4–80.0

23

56.5

39.1–73.9

22

59.1

36.5–77.3

6640

0.451

 Sweden

12

91.7

75.0–100

32

90.6

78.1–100

19

94.7

84.2–100

2

100

100–100

0,459

0.928

 The Netherlands

39

84.6

71.9–94.9

36

80.6

66.7–91.7

35

97.1

91.4–100

38

94.7

86.8–100

7138

0.068

  1. CI Confidence intervals