Table 2
Unweighted distribution of respondents, by valid days of accelerometer wear (10 or more wear hours), age group and sex, household population aged 6 to 19 years, Canada, March 2007 to February 2009

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Age group (years)/Sex Number of valid days of accelerometer wear
0† 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 or
more		 4 or
more
% of respondents
Total 4.6 2.9 3.6 4.1 8.2 12.7 24.0 39.8 95.4 84.8
6 to 10
Boys 2.7 2.4 3.2 1.5 6.4 11.5 24.7 47.7 97.3 90.2
Girls 4.2 2.4 2.1 1.8 6.6 13.4 22.1 47.4 95.8 89.5
11 to 14
Boys 4.4 2.0 1.7 5.1 6.4 11.9 30.5 38.0 95.6 86.8
Girls 3.2 2.8 3.6 2.1 7.8 12.1 23.1 45.2 96.8 88.3
15 to 19
Boys 9.7 5.4 5.4 8.1 12.8 12.8 20.9 24.8 90.3 71.3
Girls 5.1 2.9 6.9 8.0 11.3 15.0 22.6 28.1 94.9 77.0
† agreed to wear accelerometer, but returned device with no valid data
Source: 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.