Table 1 Health-behavioural measures included in the analysis
Health behaviour | Response Options | Recoded [13] |
|---|---|---|
Dietary behaviours | ||
“How many times a week do you usually eat or drink …” | 7 categories “never”; “< once a week”; “once a week”; “2–4 days a week”; “5–6 days a week”; “once a day”; “every day, more than once | 3 categories <= once a week 2–6 days a week daily |
Fruits | ||
Vegetables | ||
Sweets | ||
Coke or other soft drinks | ||
Physical activity | ||
“Over the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of at least 60 min per day?” | 8 categories 0–7 | 3 categories 0–2; 3–4; 5–7 |
Screen-based activities | ||
“About how many hours a day do you usually …” | 9 categories “None at all”; “About 1/2 h”; “About 1 h”; “About 2 h”; “About 3 h”; “About 4 h”; “About 5 h”; “About 6”; “About 7 or more.” | 3 categories <= 2 h 3–4 h > = 5 h |
Watch TV | ||
Play games | ||
Use a computer | ||
Substance use | ||
“Over the last 30 days, on how many occasions have you …” | 7 categories “never”, “once or twice”, “3–5 times”, “6–9 times”, “10–19 times”, “20–39 times”, “40 times”. | 3 categories Never Once or twice More than twice |
Smoked cigarettes | ||
Drunk alcohol | ||
Been drunk | ||
Taken marijuana | ||