Parental Factors Related to Physical Activity among Adolescent Men Living in Built and Natural Environment: A Population-Based MOPO Study
Table 2
Univariate associations between the explanatory variables and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among the participants living in built and natural environments.
Variable
Built environment (n = 1,144)
a
Natural environment (n = 694)
a
Low LTPA (n = 215)
High LTPA (n = 902)
Low LTPA (n = 115)
High LTPA (n = 579)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
Education: basic education or vocational upper secondary school
117 (56.0)
399 (45.1)
0.005
70 (61.4)
293 (52.1)
0.080
Weight, kg, mean (SD)
76.1 (21.5)
73.2 (13.9)
0.047
73.5 (17.5)
72.0 (12.3)
0.366
At least mild depression symptoms
47 (22.7)
61 (7.1)
<0.001
34 (30.9)
36 (6.7)
<0.001
Self-rated health: good or reasonably good
82 (39.6)
698 (81.1)
<0.001
45 (41.3)
453 (82.1)
<0.001
Father’s occupation: associate professional or higher
68 (44.2)
367 (51.2)
0.131
34 (36.6)
250 (51.8)
0.009
Mother’s occupation: associate professional or higher
64 (38.8)
394 (52.3)
0.002
46 (46.9)
262 (53.8)
0.224
Exercised with parents in primary school
121 (62.4)
603 (72.1)
0.009
74 (67.3)
397 (75.6)
0.073
Exercised with parents in junior high school
36 (19.0)
243 (29.8)
0.003
17 (15.7)
159 (30.8)
0.002
Physically active father
74 (50.3)
495 (67.7)
<0.001
42 (49.4)
350 (71.0)
<0.001
Physically active mother
90 (55.6)
555 (71.6)
<0.001
54 (57.4)
362 (72.0)
0.005
Values are N (%) unless otherwise stated. a = independent samples t-test for continuous variables and Pearson chi-square test for categorical variables for the difference between the low and high LTPA groups in the residential environments. LTPA: self-rated leisure-time physical activity; low LTPA: light housework but no other LTPA; high LTPA: physical activity or exercising several times weekly.
