Percentage of year 8 and year 10 boys and girls in each category of each measure of physical activity for the validity study
| Year 8 | Year 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (n=557) | Girls (n=515) | Boys (n=525) | Girls (n=429) | |
| *Those who reported being active once a week or less were considered inadequately active and those who reported being active “2–3 times per week” or more were considered to be active. | ||||
| †Those who reported that they were active for “half an hour a week” or less were considered inadequately active and those who reported that they were active for “an hour a week” or more were considered active. | ||||
| ‡Those who reported that they were vigorously physically active “2–3 times per week”, “4–6 times per week”, or “every day” and that they were vigorously active for “about 1 hour per week” or more were classified as active. Those who reported their frequency of activity as “once a month or less” or “once a week” or who reported their duration of activity as “none” or “about half an hour per week” were classified as inadequately active. | ||||
| Frequency* | ||||
| Active | 78.6 | 68.6 | 78.1 | 60.9 |
| Inadequately active | 21.4 | 31.4 | 21.9 | 39.1 |
| Duration† | ||||
| Active | 81.4 | 73.3 | 86.2 | 70.2 |
| Inadequately active | 18.6 | 26.7 | 13.8 | 29.8 |
| Two categories‡ | ||||
| Active | 71.4 | 60.8 | 74.7 | 54.7 |
| Inadequately active | 28.6 | 39.2 | 25.3 | 45.3 |