Table 3 Frequency of breakfast consumption among all subgroups
From: Breakfast patterns in relation to physical activity among school adolescents in Karachi, Pakistan
Variables | No | Yes | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Age (years) | 0.316 | ||
Younger adolescents | 21.2 | 78.8 | |
Older adolescents | 16.6 | 83.4 | |
Gender | 0.061 | ||
Male | 13.4 | 86.6 | |
Female | 21.4 | 78.6 | |
Father’s education | 0.285 | ||
No formal education | 27.5 | 72.5 | |
Primary | 16 | 84 | |
Secondary | 13.3 | 86.7 | |
Matric | 21.5 | 78.5 | |
Intermediate | 9.4 | 90.6 | |
Graduate | 13.9 | 86.1 | |
Don’t know | 21.9 | 78.1 | |
Mother’s education | 0.793 | ||
No formal education | 24.1 | 75.9 | |
Primary | 20 | 80 | |
Secondary | 19.2 | 80.8 | |
Matric | 17.8 | 82.2 | |
Intermediate | 11.8 | 88.2 | |
Graduate | 15.7 | 84.3 | |
Don’t know | 17.8 | 82.2 | |
Physical activity | 0.11 | ||
No | 16.1 | 83.9 | |
Yes | 15.9 | 84.1 | |
Sometimes | 27.6 | 72.4 | |
Substance abuse | 0.592 | ||
No | 17.5 | 82.5 | |
Occasionally (< 3/week) | 15.6 | 84.4 | |
Often (> 5/week) | 23.1 | 76.9 | |
Everyday | 25.8 | 74.2 | |
BMI(Kg/m2) | 0.248 | ||
Underweight | 11.6 | 88.4 | |
Normal | 20.2 | 79.8 | |
Overweight | 15.6 | 84.4 |