Table 2 2015 total and domain-specific MET minutes/week, and percentage contributions, by sex, age, and weight status
From: A profile of children’s physical activity data from the 2012 and 2015 health survey for England
Category | n | Total | Active Travel | Non-Specific | Formal | Informal | School | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | ||
Cohort | 5436 | 3792.0 (3418.8) | 160.0 (263.5) | 4.2 | 75.5 (344.2) | 2.0 | 535.4 (1220.3) | 14.1 | 2795.6 (3096.6) | 73.7 | 225.7 (337.1) | 6.0 |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Male | 2698 | 4131.1 (3616.3) | 156.7† (255.3) | 3.8 | 74.9† (358.3) | 1.8 | 697.9 (1360.9) | 16.9 | 2970.7 (3208.7) | 71.9 | 230.8 (343.4) | 5.6 |
Female | 2738 | 3457.8 (3338.8) | 162.8 (271.5) | 4.7 | 76.1† (329.8) | 2.2 | 375.2 (1039.5) | 10.9 | 2623.1 (2511.7) | 75.9 | 220.7 (330.8) | 6.4 |
Effect by Sex | t = 7.29 ** | t = -0.85 | t = -0.13 | t = 9.84 ** | t = 4.15 ** | t = 1.10 | ||||||
Age Group | ||||||||||||
2–4 | 1281 | 3926.5 (3785.1) | 88.7 (154.6) | 2.3 | 26.2 (175.5) | 0.7 | 206.4 (552.9) | 5.3 | 3605.1 (3712.9) | 91.8 | 22.4 (135.6) | 0.6 |
5–7 | 1265 | 3531.1 (3119.3) | 125.0† (184.4) | 3.5 | 56.1 (231.0) | 1.6 | 421.9 (1034.4) | 11.9 | 2927.8† (2875.0) | 82.9 | 164.7 (239.7) | 4.7 |
8–10 | 1171 | 3848.8 (3591.3) | 125.3† (186.8) | 3.3 | 103.5 (361.7) | 2.7 | 690.2 (1478.9) | 17.9 | 2929.7† (3091.7) | 76.1 | 197.4 (282.2) | 5.1 |
11–12 | 730 | 3470.4 (3166.9) | 252.3 (353.9) | 7.2 | 102.0† (393.2) | 2.9 | 799.2 (1491.9) | 23.0 | 2316.9 (2596.8) | 66.8 | 274.4 (392.8) | 7.9 |
13–15 | 989 | 2880.8 (3124.7) | 268.7 (382.3) | 9.3 | 111.4 (517.8) | 3.9 | 728.3 (1386.1) | 25.3 | 1772.4 (2430.9) | 61.5 | 266.3 (415.9) | 9.2 |
Effect by Age | F = 16.01 ** | F = 104.44 ** | F = 15.22 ** | F = 53.04 ** | F = 55.36 ** | F = 206.47 ** | ||||||
Weight Status | ||||||||||||
Normal | 3148 | 3665.2† (3447.8) | 157.9† (260.9) | 4.3 | 86.8† (378.7) | 2.4 | 563.8 (1300.8) | 15.4 | 2856.6 (3099.0) | 77.9 | 182.2 (314.8) | 5.0 |
Overweight | 644 | 3505.2 (3192.7) | 167.7† (260.0) | 4.8 | 68.6† (290.8) | 2.0 | 577.7 (1031.1) | 16.5 | 2691.2† (3025.7) | 76.8 | 177.5 (296.6) | 5.1 |
Obese | 639 | 3219.9 (3188.8) | 184.7 (271.0) | 5.7 | 77.8 (378.2) | 2.4 | 563.7 (1269.7) | 17.5 | 2393.7 (2713.2) | 74.3 | 210.3 (374.6) | 6.5 |
Effect by Weight Status | F = 6.04 ** | F = 0.85 | F = 0.61 | F = 2.53 | F = 4.82 ** | F = 0.55 | ||||||