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

Table 2 Distribution of the population, dependent and independent variables by informal social participation at the municipality level

	8 municipalities with the highest level of informal social participation		8 municipalities with intermediate level of informal social participation		8 municipalities with the lowest level of informal social participation		Total
	N = 3962 48.8%		N = 3456 42.6%		N = 696 8.6%		N = 8114 100%
	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)
Leisure physical activity, Dependent variable	3.81	2.37	3.74	2.33	3.28	2.27	3.73	2.35
Distribution of independent variables at baseline
Informal social participation	2.42	(.61)	2.37	(.62)	2.20	(.59)	2.38	.62
Cultural participation	1.20	.32	1.18	.28	1.23	.25	1.20	.30
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Family economic affluence- less affluent than all the others	367	9.26	261	7.55	72	10.35	700	8.63
Family economic affluence- same as everyone else	2910	73.45	2607	75.43	529	76.00	6046	74.51
Family economic affluence- more affluent than all the others	685	17.29	588	17.01	95	13.65	1368	16.86

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