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Table 1 Distribution of the population, dependent and independent variables by the municipality deprivation index

From: Physical activity among Norwegian adolescents- a multilevel analysis of how place of residence is associated with health behaviour: the Young-HUNT study

 

8 most affluent municipalities

8 intermediate municipalities

8 most deprived municipalities

Total

N = 5940 73.2%

N = 1510 18.6%

N = 664 8.2%

N = 8114 100%

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Leisure physical activity, Dependent variable

3.79

(2.36)

3.67

(2.33)

3.39

(2.28)

3.73

(2.35)

Distribution of independent variables at baseline

        

Informal social participation

2.39

(.62)

2.40

(.63)

2.33

(.58)

2.38

(.62)

Cultural participation

1.20

(.30)

1.18

(.28)

1.21

(.30)

1.20

(.30)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Family economic affluence- less affluent than all the others

512

8.61

125

8.28

63

9.50

700

8.63

Family economic affluence – same as everyone else

4390

73.91

1148

76.03

508

76.51

6046

74.51

Family economic affluence- more affluent than all the others

1038

17.47

237

15.70

93

14.00

1368

16.86

  1. Mean value and standard deviation (SD), and percentage.