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Children's participation in sedentary activities, in hours per week, by sex, household population aged 12 to 17, Canada and provinces


                              Children's participation in sedentary activities
  Total Less than 10 hours per week 10 to 19 hours per week 20 to 29 hours per week 30 to 39 hours per week 40 hours or more per week Hours per week not stated
  number number % number % number % number % number % number %
2004  
Canada 2,524,647 384,470 15.2 702,163 27.8 812,609 32.2 338,162 13.4 278,458 11.0 F F
Males 1,321,244 163,271 12.4 348,008 26.3 409,754 31.0 206,897 15.7 188,287 14.3 F F
Females 1,203,403 221,199 18.4 354,155 29.4 402,855 33.5 131,264 10.9 90,172 7.5 F F
Newfoundland and Labrador 43,837 11,427 26.1 12,927 29.5 9,742 22.2 5,300 E 12.1 E 4,278 E 9.8 E F F
Males 22,435 4,653 E 20.7 E 8,547 E 38.1 4,293 E 19.1 E 2,653 E 11.8 E F F F F
Females 21,402 6,774 E 31.7 E 4,380 E 20.5 E 5,449 E 25.5 E 2,648 E 12.4 E F F F F
Prince Edward Island 12,528 1,522 E 12.2 E 4,152 33.1 4,196 33.5 1,389 E 11.1 E 1,269 E 10.1 E F F
Males 6,689 F F 2,009 E 30.0 E 2,563 E 38.3 E F F 736 E 11.0 E F F
Females 5,838 810 E 13.9 E 2,143 E 36.7 E 1,632 E 28.0 E F F F F F F
Nova Scotia 74,055 9,301 E 12.6 E 22,212 30.0 24,133 32.6 12,496 E 16.9 E 5,913 E 8.0 E F F
Males 38,177 3,669 E 9.6 E 10,902 E 28.6 E 8,371 E 21.9 E 10,462 E 27.4 E 4,773 E 12.5 E F F
Females 35,878 F F 11,310 E 31.5 E 15,762 43.9 F F F F F F
New Brunswick 54,969 13,653 E 24.8 E 15,732 28.6 15,711 E 28.6 E 3,593 E 6.5 E 6,280 E 11.4 E F F
Males 28,663 5,911 E 20.6 E 7,959 E 27.8 E 7,345 E 25.6 E F 7.9 E 5,175 E 18.1 E F F
Females 26,306 7,742 E 29.4 E 7,773 E 29.5 E 8,366 E 31.8 E F F F F F F
Quebec 566,610 116,027 20.5 191,228 33.7 169,293 29.9 50,797 9.0 38,664 E 6.8 E F F
Males 289,378 46,025 E 15.9 E 86,158 29.8 97,540 33.7 30,045 E 10.4 E 29,610 E 10.2 E F F
Females 277,232 70,003 25.3 105,070 37.9 71,753 25.9 20,752 E 7.5 E 9,054 E 3.3 E F F
Ontario 985,609 122,553 12.4 239,024 24.3 339,505 34.4 150,825 15.3 130,801 13.3 F F
Males 524,180 55,400 E 10.6 120,923 23.1 167,185 31.9 95,031 18.1 83,101 15.9 F F
Females 461,428 67,153 14.6 118,102 25.6 172,320 37.3 55,794 12.1 47,700 E 10.3 E F F
Manitoba 95,790 12,223 12.8 25,268 26.4 33,680 35.2 12,928 13.5 11,691 12.2 F F
Males 50,163 5,911 11.8 11,244 E 22.4 17,009 33.9 7,947 E 15.8 E 8,053 E 16.1 E F F
Females 45,627 6,312 E 13.8 E 14,024 30.7 16,671 36.5 4,981 E 10.9 E 3,639 E 8.0 E F F
Saskatchewan 81,145 14,947 18.4 22,230 27.4 25,901 31.9 10,454 E 12.9 E 7,545 E 9.3 E F F
Males 43,887 6,077 E 13.8 E 11,851 E 27.0 E 12,607 E 28.7 E 8,006 E 18.2 E 5,277 E 12.0 E F F
Females 37,257 8,870 E 23.8 E 10,380 E 27.9 E 13,293 35.7 F F F F F F
Alberta 274,693 38,695 14.1 83,717 30.5 81,105 29.5 40,200 14.6 30,136 11.0 F F
Males 143,491 16,896 E 11.8 E 44,633 31.1 39,650 27.6 22,269 E 15.5 E 19,203 E 13.4 E F F
Females 131,202 21,799 E 16.6 E 39,084 29.8 41,456 31.6 17,931 E 13.7 E 10,933 E 8.3 E F F
British Columbia 335,412 44,121 E 13.2 85,673 25.5 109,344 32.6 50,179 15.0 41,880 12.5 F F
Males 174,180 18,017 E 10.3 E 43,783 25.1 53,191 30.5 27,543 E 15.8 E 30,231 17.4 F F
Females 161,231 26,104 E 16.2 E 41,890 26.0 56,153 34.8 22,636 E 14.0 E 11,649 E 7.2 E F F

1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Nutrition, 2004
2. Population aged 12 to 17, reporting on the amount of time in hours per week usually spent participating in sedentary activities (watching television or videos, playing videogames and spending time on a computer playing games, e-mailing, chatting and surfing the Internet).
3. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
4. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified by an (E) and should be interpreted with caution.
5. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability.
6. CANSIM table 105-2005.
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