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Table 1 Anthropometric and sociodemographic data of the study sample according to sex

From: Physical activity practice and sports preferences in a group of Spanish schoolchildren depending on sex and parental care: a gender perspective

 

Girls (n = 179)

Boys (n = 185)

Total (n = 364)

 

Anthropometric data

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p

Age (years) (†)

8.98 ± 1.23

8.98 ± 1.20

8.98 ± 1.21

0.916

Weight (kg) (†)

35.89 ± 9.04

36.00 ± 8.53

35.95 ± 8.77

0.908

Height (cm)

136.87 ± 9.49

137.89 ± 8.29

137.39 ± 8.90

0.276

BMI (kg/m2) (†)

18.93 ± 3.27

18.78 ± 3.34

18.85 ± 3.30

0.434

Waist circumference (cm) (†)

63.77 ± 8.18

64.59 ± 9.52

64.19 ± 8.88

0.674

Weight status

 

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

p

Classification BMI (IOTF)

0.377

 Underweight

10 (5.59)

5 (2.70)

15 (4.12)

 

 Normal weight

98 (54.75)

112 (60.54)

210 (57.69)

 

 Overweight

54 (30.17)

48 (25.95)

102 (28.02)

 

 Obesity

17 (9.50)

20 (10.81)

37 (10.16)

 

Sociodemographic data

 

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

p

Academic level of father

0.200

 No academic education

3 (1.79)

2 (1.12)

5 (1.45)

 

 Primary school

41 (24.40)

36 (20.22)

77 (22.25)

 

 High school/VT

61 (36.31)

86 (48.31)

147 (42.49)

 

 University degree

56 (33.33)

45 (25.28)

101 (29.19)

 

 Master/PhD

6 (3.57)

9 (5.06)

15 (4.34)

 

Academic level of mother

0.490

 No academic education

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

 

 Primary school

34 (19.10)

30 (16.57)

64 (17.83)

 

 High school/VT

66 (37.08)

79 (43.65)

145 (40.39)

 

 University degree

68 (38.20)

66 (36.46)

134 (37.33)

 

 Master/PhD

10 (5.62)

6 (3.31)

16 (4.46)

 

Household incomes

0.225

 Less than 12,000 €/ year

18 (11.8)

20 (12.7)

38 (12.3)

 

 12,000€-30,000€ / year

56 (36.6)

74 (47.1)

130 (41.9)

 

 30,001€-48,000€ / year

42 (27.5)

33 (21.0)

75 (24.2)

 

 More than 48,000€/ year

37 (24.2)

30 (19.1)

67 (21.6)

 

Habitat

0.734

 Province capital

98 (54.75)

98 (52.97)

196 (53.85)

 

 Semi-urban area

81 (45.25)

87 (47.03)

168 (46.15)

 

Children care

0.088

 Mother

60 (33.52)

62 (33.88)

122 (33.70)

 

 Father

4 (2.23)

7 (3.83)

11 (3.04)

 

 Another person

10 (5.59)

7 (3.83)

17 (4.70)

 

 Mother + Father

59 (32.96)

81 (44.26)

140 (38.67)

 

 Mother + Other

21 (11.73)

14 (7.65)

35 (9.67)

 

 Father + Other

1 (0.56)

1 (0.55)

2 (0.55)

 

 Mother + Father + Other

24 (13.41)

11 (6.01)

35 (9.67)

 
  1. SD Standard deviation; BMI Body mass index; VT Vocational Training. †: p-value calculated by Mann–Whitney U-test