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Table 1 PI and SB by independent variables

From: Level and potential social-ecological factors associated with physical inactivity and sedentary behavior among Moroccan school-age adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Independent variable

Total n (%)

Physical inactivity (<5 days/weeks)

Sedentary behavior

(≥3 h or more)

Boys, no. (%)

Girls, no. (%)

Boys, no. (%)

Girls, no. (%)

Demographic/biological

 Age in years

  14–15

220 (28.8)

74 (77.9)

103 (82.4)

29 (30.5)

66 (52.8)

  16–17

347 (45.4)

100 (65.4)

173 (89.2)

60 (39.2)

65 (33.5)

  18–19

197 (25.8)

79 (72.5)

78 (88.6)

31 (28.4)

28 (31.8)

 Education level of parents

  Illiterate mother (reference = educated)

286 (37.4)

106 (70.7)

120 (88.2)

39 (26.0)

44 (32.4)

  Illiterate father (reference = educated)

102 (13.4)

38 (70.4)

38 (79.2)

13 (24.1)

14 (29.2)

 Perceived family income

  Lower

76 (9.9)

31 (66.0)

26 (89.7)

9 (19.1)

11 (37.9)

  Average

580 (75.9)

193 (72.8)

270 (85.7)

95 (35.8)

127 (40.3)

  Higher

108 (14.1)

29 (64.4)

58 (92.1)

16 (35.6)

21 (33.3)

 Being hunger (sometimes/mostly/always)

129 (16.9)

65 (84.4)

47 (90.4)

19 (24.7)

19 (36.5)

Psychological

 Loneliness (mostly/always)

180 (23.6)

43 (67.2)

103 (88.8)

19 (29.7)

57 (49.1)

 Anxiety (mostly/always)

167 (21.9)

47 (65.3)

86 (90.5)

24 (33.3)

45 (47.4)

 Suicidal ideation (reference = no)

120 (15.7)

27 (55.1)

62 (87.3)

23 (46.9)

38 (53.5)

 No close friends (reference = 1 friend or more)

69 (9.0)

22 (71.0)

35 (92.1)

10 (32.3)

10 (26.3)

Behavioral

 Skipping breakfast (reference = sometimes/mostly/always)

162 (21.2)

40 (72.7)

91 (85.0)

20 (36.4)

53 (49.5)

 Inadequate fruit consumption (<2 servings)

341 (44.6)

133 (71.9)

139 (89.1)

59 (31.9)

50 (32.1)

 Inadequate vegetable consumption (<3 servings)

506 (66.2)

174 (77.0)

244 (87.1)

65 (28.8)

101 (36.1)

 Not walking or biking to school (less than 5 days)

224 (29.3)

78 (75.0)

107 (89.2)

39 (37.5)

37 (30.8)

 No attendance of physical education (2 or more times)

113 (14.8)

44 (84.6)

54 (88.5)

21 (40.4)

22 (36.1)

 Physical fight (1 or more times)

261 (34.2)

128 (71.5)

72 (87.8)

70 (39.1)

46 (56.1)

 Smoking (1 or more times during)

124 (16.2)

80 (72.7)

13 (92.9)

43 (39.1)

8 (57.1)

 Alcohol/illicit drug use (reference = 0 time)

88 (11.5)

50 (65.8)

10 (83.3)

30 (39.5)

7 (58.3)

 Absenteeism (reference = 0 day)

325 (42.5)

134 (71.3)

122 (89.1)

76 (40.4)

74 (54.0)

Social

     

 Lack of peer support in school (reference = mostly/always)

500 (65.4)

160 (70.8)

243 (88.7)

69 (30.5)

101 (36.9)

 Lack of parental supervision (reference = mostly/always)

474 (62.0)

161 (71.6)

224 (90.0)

72 (32.0)

90 (36.1)

 Lack of parental connectivity (reference = mostly/always)

572 (74.9)

194 (69.8)

255 (86.7)

96 (34.5)

120 (40.8)

 Lack of parental bonding (reference = mostly/always)

511 (66.9)

184 (71.3)

226 (89.3)

86 (33.3)

93 (36.8)

 Bullied (1 day or more)

176 (23.0)

19 (73.1)

132 (88.0)

8 (30.8)

73 (48.7)