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Table 1
Average daily minutes of physical activity overall and by sex, age group and day of the week, household population aged 12 to 17 years

Table 1
Average daily minutes of physical activity overall and by sex, age group and day of the week, household population aged 12 to 17 years
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average daily minutes of physical activity overall and by sex All, Males, Females, 12- to 14-year-olds, 15- to 17-year-olds, Mean and 95% CI (appearing as column headers).
	Mean	95% CI		Mean	95% CI		Mean	95% CI		Mean	95% CI		Mean	95% CI
	All			Males^{Table 1 Note †}			Females			12- to 14-year-olds^{Table 1 Note ‡}			15- to 17-year-olds
	Mean	from	to	Mean	from	to	Mean	from	to	Mean	from	to	Mean	from	to
Accelerometer-measured
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity	49.7	44.5	54.9	59.9	51.5	68.3	37.5^Note **	34.3	40.7	56.1	47.7	64.5	42.5^Note *	37.0	48.0
Light physical activity	192.0	187.0	197.1	196.8	190.0	203.5	186.3^Note *	179.6	193.1	201.4	195.5	207.3	181.6^Note *	174.1	189.0
Total physical activity	241.7	233.1	250.2	256.6	243.1	270.2	223.8^Note *	216.2	231.4	257.5	244.8	270.3	224.0^Note *	213.9	234.2
Questionnaire-measured (PAYQ)
Transportation	15.5	13.1	17.9	17.0	13.7	20.2	13.8	9.9		13.4	10.9	15.8	18.0	13.6	22.3
Recreation	31.3	25.9	36.7	32.4	25.9	38.9	29.9	23.2	36.7	35.4	28.4	42.5	26.6^Note *	21.3	32.0
School	25.8	21.7	29.9	26.6	21.3	31.8	24.9	19.5	30.3	30.1	24.8	35.4	21.0^Note *	15.2	26.9
Household/Occupation	5.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.6	7.6	7.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.9	10.5	3.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.0	5.4	2.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.5	4.4	8.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	4.5	12.7
Total	78.2	70.8	85.6	83.1	74.5	91.7	72.4	62.0	82.8	81.8	72.3	91.4	74.2	65.3	83.1
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from reference category (p < 0.001) Return to note referrer Note † reference group (sex) Return to note † referrer Note ‡ reference group (age) Return to note ‡ referrer CI = confidence interval Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Health Measures Survey 2014-2015 and 2016-2017

Date modified:: 2019-07-17