Table 1 Physical inactivity in terms of demographic variables
Variablea | Subgroups | Number (%) | Physical Activity (MET) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤ 6 | > 6 | ||||
Sex | Man | 836 (52.58) | 241 (28.83) | 595 (71.17) | < 0.001 |
Female | 754 (47.42) | 285 (37.80) | 469 (62.20) | ||
Age groups | 10 | 224 (14.09) | 67 (29.91) | 157 (70.09) | 0.290 |
11 | 768 (48.30) | 268 (34.90) | 500 (65.10) | ||
12 | 597 (37.55) | 191 (31.99) | 406 (68.01) | ||
Household size | 4≤ | 927 (58.30) | 295 (31.82) | 632 (68.18) | 0.525 |
> 4 | 593 (37.30) | 198 (33.39) | 395 (66.61) | ||
BMI | Under 5 percentiles | 102 (6.42) | 37 (36.27) | 65 (63.73) | 0.732 |
5–50 Percentiles | 484 (30.44) | 163 (33.68) | 321 (66.32) | ||
50–85 Percentiles | 561 (35.28) | 176 (31.37) | 385 (68.63) | ||
Overweight & Obese | 429 (26.98) | 143 (33.33) | 286 (66.67) | ||
Parental’ level of education | Non-academic | 1241 (78.05) | 413 (33.28) | 828 (66.72) | 0.560 |
Academic | 320 (20.13) | 101 (31.56) | 219 (68.44) | ||
Mother education | Illiterate and primary | 591 (37.17) | 201 (34.01) | 390 (65.99) | 0.074 |
Mid school & high school | 397 (24.97) | 145 (36.52) | 252 (63.48) | ||
Diploma & academic | 565 (35.53) | 168 (29.73) | 397 (70.27) | ||
Father education | Illiterate and primary | 390 (24.53) | 130 (33.33) | 260 (66.67) | 0.300 |
Mid school & high school | 414 (26.04) | 146 (35.27) | 268 (64.73) | ||
Diploma & academic | 735 (46.23) | 227 (30.88) | 508 (69.12) | ||
Mother age | < 35 | 507 (31.89) | 165 (32.54) | 342 (67.46) | 0.761 |
35–44 | 759 (47.74) | 244 (32.15) | 515 (67.85) | ||
> 45 | 166 (10.44) | 49 (29.52) | 117 (70.48) | ||
Father age | < 35 | 111 (6.98) | 37 (33.33) | 74 (66.67) | 0.566 |
35–44 | 916 (57.61) | 294 (32.10) | 622 (67.90) | ||
> 45 | 421 (26.48) | 124 (29.45) | 297 (70.55) | ||
Total | – | 1590 (100) | 526 (33.08) | 1064 (66.92) | – |