Prevalence rates of participation in OLTAs by country and sex
| Team sport (%) | Individual sport (%) | Art (%) | Youth organisation (%) | Leisure club (%) | Religious (%) | Non-participation in OLTAs (%) | Breadth of OLTA participation (M (95% CI)) | ||||||||||||||||
| Boy | Girl | Χ² | Boy | Girl | Χ² | Boy | Girl | Χ² | Boy | Girl | Χ² | Boy | Girl | Χ² | Boy | Girl | Χ² | Boy | Girl | Χ² | Boy | Girl | |
|
Armenia
(n=4448) | 49.7 | 23.8 | <0.001 | 37.2 | 17.0 | <0.001 | 22.1 | 46.1 | <0.001 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 0.007 | 19.4 | 15.9 | 0.003 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 0.932 | 21.3 | 30.6 | 0.001 |
1.48
(1.43 to 1.54) | 1.20 (1.16 to 1.25) |
|
Belgium
(n=4214) | 55.2 | 27.0 | <0.001 | 32.1 | 40.6 | <0.001 | 18.5 | 45.6 | <0.001 | 27.0 | 30.7 | 0.015 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 0.019 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 0.162 | 16.5 | 18.1 | 0.380 | 1.44 (1.40 to 1.49) |
1.54
(1.50 to 1.59) |
|
Canada
(n=12 523) | 62.1 | 50.2 | <0.001 | 34.0 | 36.9 | 0.005 | 22.5 | 43.8 | <0.001 | 9.2 | 11.1 | <0.001 | 20.1 | 16.0 | <0.001 | 20.9 | 22.1 | 0.050 | 16.5 | 14.6 | <0.001 | 1.69 (1.66 to 1.72) |
1.80
(1.77 to 1.83) |
|
Czechia
(n=11 392) | 58.6 | 35.4 | <0.001 | 31.5 | 42.2 | <0.001 | 25.0 | 59.7 | <0.001 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 0.003 | 23.1 | 25.3 | 0.008 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 0.357 | 14.9 | 11.5 | <0.001 | 1.61 (1.58 to 1.64) |
1.84
(1.81 to 1.87) |
|
Latvia
(n=4372) | 54.7 | 27.6 | <0.001 | 37.5 | 36.3 | 0.503 | 27.1 | 56.8 | <0.001 | 12.2 | 7.5 | <0.001 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 0.244 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 0.776 | 16.4 | 14.6 | 0.145 |
1.51
(1.46 to 1.56) | 1.46 (1.42 to 1.50) |
|
Moldova
(n=4614) | 71.0 | 44.1 | <0.001 | 43.9 | 36.7 | <0.001 | 35.7 | 53.5 | <0.001 | 21.7 | 21.0 | 0.598 | 29.6 | 23.7 | <0.001 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 0.405 | 11.5 | 15.4 | 0.001 |
2.16
(2.10 to 2.22) | 1.92 (1.86 to 1.98) |
|
Poland
(n=5164) | 50.6 | 32.6 | <0.001 | 26.5 | 26.2 | 0.831 | 13.0 | 27.0 | <0.001 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 0.719 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 0.708 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 0.892 | 29.8 | 31.1 | 0.343 |
1.31
(1.26 to 1.36) | 1.27 (1.23 to 1.32) |
|
Russia
(n=4131) | 48.6 | 28.8 | <0.001 | 39.9 | 34.3 | <0.001 | 26.3 | 48.1 | <0.001 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 0.090 | 23.5 | 21.6 | 0.198 | 15.1 | 13.0 | 0.137 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 0.474 |
1.63
(1.57 to 1.69) | 1.54 (1.49 to 1.60) |
|
Slovakia
(n=4571) | 61.6 | 40.8 | <0.001 | 27.7 | 35.4 | <0.001 | 20.7 | 46.2 | <0.001 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 0.856 | 21.6 | 20.8 | 0.550 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 0.001 | 18.6 | 16.6 | 0.088 | 1.57 (1.52 to 1.62) |
1.72
(1.67 to 1.77) |
|
Total sample
(n=55 429) | 57.9 | 37.0 | <0.001 | 33.9 | 35.2 | 0.653 | 23.4 | 48.1 | <0.001 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 0.588 | 19.5 | 17.8 | 0.137 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 0.172 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 0.989 | 1.61 (1.60 to 1.63) |
1.65
(1.64 to 1.66) |
Nine countries from the 2017/2018 HBSC survey (n=55 429).
Data are percentages and p-values for the Rao-Scott Χ² test, unless otherwise indicated. Significant differences (p<0.050) according to sex are indicated in bold (highest value). Data from Canada and Czechia were weighted using poststratification regional weights.
CI, confidence interval; HBSC, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children; M, mean; OLTA, organised leisure-time activity.