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Table 1 Descriptive information [mean(standard deviation) or percentage] of child-level variables, per federative units

From: Physical (in)activity, and its predictors, among Brazilian adolescents: a multilevel analysis

Region

Federative units

Age (years)

Travel time (min)

Mother instruction (%)

Did not study

Elementary school or incomplete high school

High school or incomplete undergraduate

Undergraduate or higher level

North

RondĂ´nia

14.47(0.95)

84.66(115.81)

23.5%

10.2%

24.9%

18.2%

Acre

14.16(0.93)

104.16(136.40)

27.3%

11.4%

18.8%

15.4%

Amazonas

14.38(0.94)

88.41(125.81)

21.7%

12.6%

24.4%

16.1%

Roraima

14.39(0.97)

86.36(126.14)

22.0%

12.1%

22.1%

15.8%

Pará

14.36(1.03)

91.93(117.05)

19.9%

14.5%

27.7%

14.2%

Amapá

14.24(1.01)

90.21(122.90)

21.3%

12.8%

20.6%

17.4%

Tocantins

14.32(0.90)

84.82(110.71)

21.4%

11.9%

23.8%

20.5%

Northeast

MaranhĂŁo

14.25(0.93)

81.57(112.25)

25.5%

12.2%

22.9%

12.5%

PiauĂ­

14.30(1.02)

65.29(102.90)

29.3%

13.4%

19.4%

13.9%

Ceará

14.28(0.88)

80.02(115.55)

29.4%

11.0%

18.6%

11.7%

Rio Grande do Norte

14.45(0.98)

76.20(106.38)

27.5%

11.3%

22.8%

14.2%

ParaĂ­ba

14.27(1.03)

73.90(107.51)

26.3%

11.6%

21.9%

17.1%

Pernambuco

14.22(0.96)

100.56(123.62)

22.8%

11.3%

23.2%

18.0%

Alagoas

14.37(1.00)

83.91(115.91)

33.0%

12.0%

16.5%

15.1%

Sergipe

14.41(1.09)

65.11(100.75)

29.9%

11.9%

21.2%

14.2%

Bahia

14.55(1.08)

92.53(122.88)

26.6%

12.1%

25.0%

13.1%

Southeast

Minas Gerais

14.26(0.75)

90.30(115.97)

19.0%

11.3%

21.7%

17.9%

EspĂ­rito Santo

14.30(0.86)

79.77(101.84)

18.3%

11.5%

24.5%

23.1%

Rio de Janeiro

14.42(0.85)

92.99(114.57)

15.6%

12.5%

29.8%

15.6%

SĂŁo Paulo

13.87(0.77)

86.03(114.17)

18.7%

12.6%

24.8%

17.7%

South

Paraná

14.07(0.96)

81.82(109.24)

18.0%

13.1%

24.0%

21.6%

Santa Catarina

14.29(0.75)

76.27(107.61)

22.0%

11.9%

23.9%

17.7%

Rio Grande do Sul

14.57(0.87)

76.01(102.34)

25.3%

14.9%

23.4%

14.5%

Midwest

Mato Grosso do Sul

14.33(0.96)

83.48(112.63)

22.4%

12.5%

23.5%

21.1%

Mato Grosso

14.04(0.66)

87.56(128.54)

18.2%

11.1%

23.0%

22.1%

Goiás

14.19(0.81)

88.74(124.55)

20.4%

12.7%

23.8%

17.3%

Distrito Federal

14.20(0.80)

74.41(109.51)

17.5%

10.8%

27.4%

25.7%