Table 3 Associations between leisure activities and sex, age, and SES (N = 959): Results of logistic mixed-effect models.

From: Leisure activities of adolescents—associations with demographic characteristics, well-being and parental leisure engagement

Leisure activity

Sex (reference: male)

Age (reference: 10–13 years)

SES (reference: high SES)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Low/Medium

Family timea

0.98 (0.74; 1.29)

0.59 (0.45; 0.79)**

0.68 (0.51; 0.91)**

Meeting friendsa

1.11 (0.82; 1.50)

1.10 (0.81; 1.49)

1.07 (0.79; 1.46)

Chillinga

1.60 (1.12; 2.28)**

1.88 (1.32; 2.70)**

1.32 (0.92; 1.90)

Café visitsb

0.81 (0.61; 1.08)

1.79 (1.34; 2.39)**

0.62 (0.46; 0.84)**

Museum/Art exhibition/Cinemab

2.97 (2.05; 4.31)**

0.74 (0.53; 1.05)

0.77 (0.54; 1.10)

Concert/Operac

1.84 (1.31; 2.59)**

1.40 (1.00; 1.95)x

0.48 (0.33; 0.69)**

Choir/Orchestra/Theaterd

2.17 (1.62; 2.90)**

0.76 (0.57; 1.01)

0.49 (0.36; 0.66)**

Voluntary workd

1.27 (0.98; 1.65)

0.87 (0.67; 1.13)

0.73 (0.56; 0.96)*

Readinge

3.26 (2.08; 5.08)**

0.32 (0.20; 0.51)**

0.40 (0.25; 0.64)**

Screen timef

0.68 (0.46; 1.00)x

2.20 (81.47; 3.31)**

3.78 (2.39; 5.98)**

Sports participationd

0.77 (0.57; 1.05)

1.20 (0.88; 1.63)

0.43 (0.31; 0.61)**

  1. SES socioeconomic status, OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. x = statistically significant before, but not after correction for multiple testing.
  3. aMinimum of once a week.
  4. bMinimum of once a month.
  5. cMinimum of once a year.
  6. dOverall participation.
  7. eMore than 30 min per day.
  8. fMore than 5 h per day.
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