The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - volume 2: children

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on child health.

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Table 4.5 Children's summary physical activity levelsa (including activity at school), 2008-2011 combined, by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and sex

Aged 2-15 2008-2011 combined
Summary activity levelsa Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile SIMD 85/15
5th
(least deprived)
4th 3rd 2nd 1st
(most deprived)
85% least deprived 15% most deprived
% % % % % % %
Boys
Meets recommendations 81 72 74 77 74 76 75
Some activity 12 17 16 14 16 15 15
Low activity 7 11 11 9 10 9 10
Girls
Meets recommendations 70 68 65 66 67 68 65
Some activity 17 18 20 23 18 19 18
Low activity 12 14 15 11 15 13 16
All children
Meets recommendations 76 70 69 72 71 72 70
Some activity 15 18 18 18 17 17 17
Low activity 10 12 13 10 12 11 13
Bases (weighted):
Boys 714 780 657 697 720 3015 553
Girls 712 758 648 584 684 2858 528
All children 1426 1538 1305 1281 1404 5874 1081
Bases (unweighted):
Boys 664 794 675 670 741 2968 576
Girls 655 772 653 573 689 2797 545
All children 1319 1566 1328 1243 1430 5765 1121

a Meets recommendations=at least 60 minutes of activity on all 7 days in previous week; some activity=30-59 minutes of activity on all 7 days; low activity=lower level of activity (these categories were described in previous reports as "high", "medium" and "low", the labels have changed but the definitions for the categories remain the same).

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