Research Article

Organized Sports, Overweight, and Physical Fitness in Primary School Children in Germany

Table 2

Distribution of the occurrence of confounding variables of the total sample (all) stratified by participation in organized sports per week. Indicated are and %.

Children's participation in organized sports per week
All
(%)
Less than once
(%)
1-2 times
(%)
More often
(%)

Overweight124 (12.4)56 (19.5)61 (10.0)7 (6.6)
Parental education ≤ 10 y569 (57.3)198 (70.7)314 (52.0)57 (52.3)
Migration background259 (26.1)137 (50.0)102 (16.7)20 (18.5)
Maternal overweight341 (33.4)131 (44.4)178 (28.8)32 (29.4)
Paternal overweight573 (58.6)171 (62.4)338 (56.6)64 (59.8)
Maternal organized sport285 (27.5)40 (13.2)119 (31.9)46 (41.8)
Paternal organized sport272 (27.7)47 (17.1)192 (32.4)32 (29.1)