Cancer-related health behaviours of young people not in education, employment or training (‘NEET’): a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Frequencies (column %) of participation in unhealthy behaviours by NEET status

Outcome	All NEETs Included		Economically Inactive NEETs Excluded		Total (%)
Outcome	NEET (%)	non-NEET (%)	NEET (%)	non-NEET (%)	All NEETs Included	Economically Inactive NEETs Excluded
Current smoker	297 (46)	684 (27)	146 (46)	684 (27)	981 (30)	830 (29)
Heavy drinker^a	128 (20)	656 (25)	75 (24)	656 (25)	784 (24)	731 (25)
No participation in sport	330 (46)	1003 (29)	143 (38)	1003 (29)	1333 (32)	1146 (30)
Less than 5 portions fruit/vegetables^b	579 (81)	2652 (76)	307 (82)	2652 (76)	3231 (77)	2959 (77)
Unhealthy BMI^c	387 (54)	1498 (43)	199 (53)	1498 (43)	1885 (45)	1697 (44)

^aHeavy drinking refers to consuming >14 units of alcohol per week for females and >21 units for males ^bRefers to whether the respondent reported eating less than 5 portions of fruit or vegetables the day before survey interview (yes/no)
^cRefers to whether the respondent was defined as having an unhealthy BMI (yes/no). Unhealthy BMI refers to being ‘underweight’ (BMI <18.5 kg/m²); ‘overweight’ (BMI 25–29.99 kg/m²) or ‘obese’ (BMI > =30 kg/m²)

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