Television Time among Brazilian Adolescents: Correlated Factors are Different between Boys and Girls

Table 1

Sample distribution and descriptive characteristics according to sex.

Variables	Female		Male
	𝑛	% (95% CI)	𝑛	% (95% CI)
Total	1327	100	778	100
Age (years)
≤16	762	57.6 (54.9, 60.2)	440	56.8 (53.2, 60.2)
17-18	561	42.4 (39.7, 45.0)	335	43.2 (39.7, 46.7)
Skin color
White	173	14.9 (12.9, 17.0)	108	16.0 (13.2, 18.8)
Lighter skinned black	725	62.8 (59.9, 65.5)	401	59.5 (55.7, 63.2)
Dark skinned black	258	22.3 (19.9, 24.7)	165	24.5 (21.2, 27.7)
Socioeconomic status
High	277	21.1 (18.8, 23.3)	217	28.2 (25.0, 31.4)
Intermediate	857	65.3 (62.6, 67.8)	470	61.3 (57.8, 64.7)
Low	179	13.6 (11.7, 15.4)	80	10.5 (8.2, 12.5)
Maternal schooling
>8 years	458	36.0 (33.3, 38.5)	309	41.7 (38.1, 45.2)
≤8 years	816	64.0 (61.4, 66.6)	432	58.3 (54.7, 61.8)
Paternal schooling
>8 years	452	37.3 (34.5, 39.9)	298	42.0 (38.3, 45.3)
≤8 years	761	62.7 (60.0, 65.4)	411	58.0 (54.3, 61.3)
Physical activity
Active	166	12.6 (10.7, 14.3)	210	27.2 (24.0, 30.3)
Little active	1156	87.4 (85.6, 89.2)	563	72.8 (69.6, 75.9)
Fruit consumption
≥3 portions/day	273	20.6 (18.3, 22.7)	170	22.0 (19.0, 24.8)
<3 portions/day	1054	79.4 (77.2, 81.6)	604	78.0 (75.1, 80.9)
Vegetables consumption
≥4 portions/day	127	9.6 (7.9, 11.1)	76	9.8 (7.6, 11.8)
<4 portions/day	1200	90.4 (88.8, 92.0)	702	90.2 (88.1, 92.3)
Smoking
No	1241	94.0 (92.7, 95.2)	721	92.7 (90.8, 94.5)
Yes	79	6.0 (4.7, 7.2)	57	7.3 (5.5, 9.1)
Alcohol use
No	823	62.2 (59.5, 64.8)	470	60.8 (57.3, 64.2)
Yes	500	37.8 (35.1, 40.4)	303	39.2 (35.7, 42.6)
Sports team participation
≥2 Sports team	104	7.9 (6.4, 9.3)	257	33.3 (29.9, 36.6)
1 Sports team	295	22.5 (20.1, 24.7)	222	28.8 (25.5, 31.9)
No Sports team	915	69.6 (67.1, 72.1)	292	37.9 (34.4, 41.3)

CI: confidence interval.