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Table 1 Background characteristics of the study participants. Odds Ratios (OR), with confidence intervals (CI) on 95% level are shown for univariate associations between self-reported ability to swim 200 m (“yes” or “no”) and each variable

From: What makes children learn how to swim? – health, lifestyle and environmental factors associated with swimming ability among children in the city of Malmö, Sweden

Variable name

Not able to swim 200 m (N = 778)

Able to swim 200 m (N = 2690)

or (95%CI)

Sex, n (%)

  

0.94 (0.80, 1.10)

 Female

377 (48)

1344 (50)

 

 Male

401 (52)

1346 (50)

 

Social Prerequisite Index (IQL), n (%)

  

2.28 (2.08, 2.50)

 very high

71 (9)

781 (29)

 

 high

126 (16)

853 (32)

 

 low

219 (28)

622 (23)

 

 very low

362 (47)

434 (16)

 

School-level Deprevation Index (IQL), n (%)

  

0.52 (0.48, 0.57)

 very low

102 (13)

763 (28)

 

 low

100 (13)

752 (28)

 

 high

200 (26)

667 (25)

 

 very high

376 (48)

508 (19)

 

pooled health- and wellness scores devided at 50th precentile

   

Activity score, n (%)

  

1.31 (1.25, 1.36)

 low

483 (62)

1040 (39)

 

 high

295 (38)

1650 (61)

 

Outdoor time score, n (%)

  

1.52 (1.41, 1.64)

 low

353 (45)

694 (26)

 

 high

425 (55)

1996 (74)

 

Eating regularity score, n (%)

  

1.39 (1.30, 1.49)

 low

441 (57)

1106 (41)

 

 high

337 (43)

1584 (59)

 

Sleep score, N (%)

  

1.08 (1.04, 1.13)

 low

456 (59)

1427 (53)

 

 High

322 (41)

1263 (47)

 

Mental Wellbeing at school, n (%)

  

1.24 (1.15, 1.31)

 low

410 (53)

1071 (40)

 

 high

368 (47)

1619 (60)

 

Social relations at school, n (%)

  

1.17 (1.11, 1.22)

 poor

421 (54)

1159 (43)

 

 good

357 (46)

1531 (57)

 

Social relations outside school, n (%)

  

1.32 (1.23, 1.41)

 poor

315 (40)

751 (28)

 

 good

463 (60)

1939 (72)

 

General Wellbeing score, n (%)

  

1.07 (1.01, 1.13)

 low

370 (48)

1159 (43)

 

 high

408 (52)

1531 (57)

 

Self-satisfaction score, n (%)

  

1.07 (0.99, 1.15)

 low

297 (38)

920 (34)

 

 high

481 (62)

1770 (66)

 

Physical health, n (%)

  

1.00 (0.98, 1.02)

 poor

382 (49)

1305 (49)

 

 good

396 (51)

1385 (51)

 

Working environment at school, n (%)

  

1.14 (1.11, 1.17)

 poor

500 (64)

1231 (46)

 

 good

278 (36)

1459 (54)

 

School infrastructure satisfaction, n (%)

  

1.05 (1.02, 1.08)

 low

364 (47)

1040 (39)

 

 high

414 (53)

1650 (61)

 

Positivity conserning future, n (%)

  

1.44 (1.2, 1.64)

 low

324 (42)

824 (31)

 

 high

454 (58)

1866 (69)

 

Negative emotion score, N (%)

  

1.03 (0.99, 1.06)

 high

370 (48)

1207 (45)

 

 low

408 (52)

1483 (55)