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Table 5 Descriptive statistics of the control variables

From: The closer the sportier? Children’s sports activity and their distance to sports facilities

 

Total

Distance to gym ≤2.5 km

Distance to gym >2.5 km

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Children’s characteristics

Age (in years)

6.57

2.27

6.58

2.27

6.52

2.31

Gender (1 = male, 0 = female)

0.51

 

0.51

 

0.50

 

German background

0.87

 

0.85

 

0.97

 

Parents’ characteristics

Single parent household

0.10

 

0.11

 

0.07

 

Mother’s education

Basic

0.20

 

0.21

 

0.16

 

Intermediate

0.45

 

0.42

 

0.57

 

High school

0.15

 

0.16

 

0.12

 

University

0.16

 

0.16

 

0.13

 

Other

0.04

 

0.04

 

0.02

 

Father’s education

Basic

0.25

 

0.25

 

0.24

 

Intermediate

0.34

 

0.31

 

0.47

 

High school

0.10

 

0.11

 

0.07

 

University

0.22

 

0.23

 

0.15

 

Other

0.04

 

0.04

 

0.02

 

Mother’s BMI

Underweight

0.03

 

0.03

 

0.02

 

Normal

0.63

 

0.63

 

0.62

 

Overweight

0.22

 

0.22

 

0.24

 

Obese

0.11

 

0.11

 

0.11

 

Social class

Low

0.27

 

0.27

 

0.27

 

Medium

0.46

 

0.45

 

0.52

 

High

0.26

 

0.28

 

0.20

 

Smoking during pregnancy

Regularly

0.05

 

0.05

 

0.03

 

Occasionally

0.12

 

0.13

 

0.09

 

Never

0.82

 

0.81

 

0.86

 

Neighborhood characteristics

East Germany

0.33

 

0.28

 

0.59

 

Municipality size

Village

0.36

 

0.28

 

0.79

 

Small town

0.12

 

0.14

 

0.04

 

Medium town

0.31

 

0.34

 

0.14

 

City

0.21

 

0.24

 

0.03

 

Population density (inhabitants/km2)

733.19

887.10

838.24

918.80

184.75

360.40

Recreation area/capita (m2)

39.99

37.44

36.50

30.51

58.23

58.86

Tax income/capita (Euro)

551.80

251.63

579.59

252.10

406.76

192.49

Share of population <18 years

16.92

3.14

17.12

3.12

15.89

3.06

  1. Note: Table includes only variables that are used in one of the estimation steps