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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of categorical variables, univariate and conditional on cannabis use or physical activity

From: Cannabis use is not associated with altered levels of physical activity: evidence from the repeated cross-sectional Belgian Health Interview Survey

Variable

Total

Cannabis

   Physical Activity

    

Yes

No

Active

Sedentary

 

n

% (U)

% (W)

n

% (U)

% (W)

n

% (U)

% (W)

n

% (U)

% (W)

n

% (U)

% (W)

Cannabis

 Yes

618

3.1

2.8

      

431

3.0

2.8

187

3.3

3.0

 No

19318

96.9

97.2

      

13792

97.0

97.2

5526

96.7

97.0

Physical

 Active

14223

71.3

73.1

431

69.7

71.5

13792

71.4

73.1

      

 Sedentary

5713

28.7

26.9

187

30.3

28.5

5526

28.6

26.9

      

Education

 No Diploma

1737

8.7

8.0

29

4.7

3.8

1708

8.8

8.1

939

6.6

6.2

798

14.0

13.0

 Lower sec.

3351

16.8

16.1

99

16.0

15.3

3252

16.8

16.1

2132

15.0

14.4

1219

21.3

20.7

 Higher sec.

6601

33.1

35.4

232

37.5

42.9

6369

33.0

35.2

4586

32.2

34.7

2015

35.3

37.2

 Higher

7990

40.1

39.5

246

39.8

36.2

7744

40.1

39.6

6386

44.9

43.8

1604

28.1

27.9

 Other

257

1.3

1.0

12

1.9

1.8

245

1.3

1.0

180

1.3

0.9

77

1.3

1.3

Gender

 Man

9754

48.9

50.2

439

71.0

74.6

9315

48.2

49.5

7269

51.1

52.2

2485

43.5

44.8

 Woman

10182

51.1

49.8

179

29.0

25.4

10003

51.8

50.5

6954

48.9

47.8

3228

56.5

55.2

Income

 First Quintile

3011

15.1

13.4

129

20.9

16.8

2882

14.9

13.3

1796

12.6

11.3

1215

21.3

19.0

 Second Quintile

2790

14.0

13.3

90

14.6

15.3

2700

14.0

13.2

1832

12.9

12.3

958

16.8

16.0

 Third Quintile

3665

18.4

18.5

102

16.5

12.6

3563

18.4

18.7

2558

18.0

18.2

1107

19.4

19.3

 Fourth Quintile

4457

22.4

24.0

131

21.2

24.9

4326

22.4

24.0

3281

23.1

24.6

1176

20.6

22.3

 Fifth Quintile

6013

30.1

30.8

166

26.9

30.3

5847

30.3

30.8

4756

33.4

33.6

1257

22.0

23.4

Depression

 Yes

2051

10.3

9.8

112

18.1

16.1

1939

10.0

9.7

1049

7.4

7.1

1002

17.5

17.4

 No

17885

89.7

90.2

506

81.9

83.9

17379

90.0

90.3

13174

92.6

92.9

4711

82.5

82.6

Anxiety

 Yes

1703

8.5

91.7

98

15.9

16.1

1605

8.3

8.1

906

6.4

6.2

797

14.0

14.2

 No

18233

91.5

8.3

520

84.1

83.9

17713

91.7

91.9

13317

93.6

93.8

4916

86.0

85.8

Urbanization

 Rural

3389

17.0

14.5

77

12.5

12.9

3312

17.1

14.6

2476

17.4

14.6

913

16.0

14.3

 Suburban

2894

14.5

19.2

71

11.5

17.5

2823

14.6

19.3

2123

14.9

19.7

771

13.5

17.8

 Urbanized

4724

23.7

28.7

94

15.2

17.0

4630

24.0

29.1

3520

24.7

29.9

1204

21.1

25.6

 Big cities

8929

44.8

37.5

376

60.8

52.6

8553

44.3

37.1

6104

42.9

35.8

2825

49.4

42.3

GALI

 Limited

3680

18.5

17.5

110

17.8

17.3

3570

18.5

17.5

2106

14.8

13.9

1574

27.6

27.3

 Not Limited

16256

81.5

82.5

508

82.2

82.7

15748

81.5

82.5

12117

85.2

86.1

4139

72.4

72.7

  1. The column ‘Total’ contains absolute (n) and relative (%) frequencies of each category in the final sample. The columns ‘Cannabis’ and ‘Physical activity’ contain frequencies, conditional on the respective column variables. % (U) and %(W) refer to unweighted and weighted percentages respectively
  2. GALI Global Activity Limitations Indicator