Table 2
Descriptive physical activity results and the distribution across Can-ALE categories for the Canadian Health Measures Survey and Canadian Community Health Survey samples
| Ages 3 to 4 | Ages 5 to 11 | Ages 12 to 17 | Ages 18 to 39 | Ages 40 to 59 | Ages 60 to 79 | |||||||||||||
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| Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | |||||||
| from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | |||||||
| Canadian Health Measures Survey (n = 10,987) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accelerometer-measured physical activity (n = 10,987) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (minutes/day) | 69.7 | 67.1 | 72.4 | 63.1 | 59.9 | 66.3 | 47.4 | 44.0 | 50.8 | 30.3 | 27.5 | 33.2 | 23.1 | 21.3 | 24.9 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 16.7 |
| Light physical activity (minutes/day) | 208.8 | 203.6 | 214.1 | 269.1 | 263.5 | 274.6 | 207.8 | 203.3 | 212.3 | 229.2 | 221.4 | 236.9 | 229.6 | 224.7 | 234.5 | 186.9 | 181.2 | 192.7 |
| Step counts per day | 10,279 | 9,866 | 10,691 | 11,576 | 11,174 | 11,978 | 9,681 | 9,227 | 10,135 | 8,911 | 8,537 | 9,285 | 8,508 | 8,199 | 8,818 | 6,892 | 6,659 | 7,125 |
| Parent-reported physical activity (n = 4,030; ages 3 to 11) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Physical activity at school during free time (minutes/day) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 48.5 | 46.0 | 51.0 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
| Physical activity at school during class time (minutes/day) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 26.3 | 25.1 | 27.5 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
| Physical activity during lessons, leagues and team sports (minutes/day) | 6.8 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 19.0 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
| Unorganized physical activity outside of school (minutes/day) | 44.7 | 42.4 | 46.9 | 35.9 | 33.9 | 37.9 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
| Distribution across Can-ALE classes (n = 10,987) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Can-ALE Class 1 (%) | 15.6 | 11.0 | 21.8 | 18.8 | 13.7 | 25.2 | 18.6 | 13.1 | 25.7 | 14.5 | 10.3 | 20.1 | 18.3 | 13.6 | 24.2 | 20.7 | 15.3 | 27.4 |
| Can-ALE Class 2 (%) | 33.2 | 26.0 | 41.4 | 37.4 | 31.3 | 44.0 | 33.4 | 27.6 | 39.8 | 31.3 | 25.4 | 37.8 | 34.7 | 28.3 | 41.7 | 32.5 | 27.1 | 38.3 |
| Can-ALE Class 3 (%) | 35.2 | 27.9 | 43.3 | 28.8 | 23.6 | 34.6 | 33.1 | 27.0 | 39.9 | 31.8 | 26.3 | 37.8 | 30.6 | 25.4 | 36.4 | 30.5 | 25.4 | 36.1 |
| Can-ALE Class 4 (%) | 9.4 | 5.8 | 15.0 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 18.5 | 12.6 | 7.7 | 20.0 | 12.7 | 8.8 | 18.0 | 11.1 | 7.2 | 16.8 | 11.7 | 7.2 | 18.5 |
| Can-ALE Class 5 (%) | 6.5 | 3.1 | 12.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 9.8 | 5.4 | 17.1 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 11.6 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 8.5 |
| Canadian Community Health Survey (n = 105,876) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Self-reported physical activity | ||||||||||||||||||
| Transportation-based physical activity (minutes/day) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 27.3 | 25.9 | 28.6 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 11.8 |
| Recreational physical activity (minutes/day) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 34.6 | 33.2 | 36.0 | 18.9 | 18.3 | 19.5 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 11.7 |
| School-based physical activity (minutes/day) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 31.8 | 30.2 | 33.4 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
| Household and occupational physical activity (minutes/day) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 6.4 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 28.6 | 27.0 | 30.1 | 24.8 | 23.4 | 26.2 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 16.5 |
| Total physical activity (minutes/day) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 100.1 | 97.0 | 103.2 | 64.3 | 62.5 | 66.1 | 51.4 | 49.8 | 52.9 | 37.9 | 36.6 | 39.2 |
| Distribution across Can-ALE classes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Can-ALE Class 1 (%) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 22.4 | 21.1 | 23.7 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 19.4 | 21.7 | 21.3 | 20.2 | 22.5 |
| Can-ALE Class 2 (%) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 36.3 | 34.7 | 38.0 | 33.6 | 32.1 | 35.1 | 36.0 | 34.4 | 37.5 | 35.1 | 33.7 | 36.6 |
| Can-ALE Class 3 (%) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 29.9 | 28.1 | 31.7 | 29.3 | 27.7 | 31.0 | 28.1 | 26.5 | 29.6 | 28.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 |
| Can-ALE Class 4 (%) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 8.5 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 11.9 |
| Can-ALE Class 5 (%) | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
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... not applicable Notes: Can-ALE stands for Canadian Active Living Environments. CI stands for confidence interval. Sources: Canadian Health Measures Survey, 2009 to 2015; Canadian Community Health Survey, 2015 to 2016. |
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