Percentage age-adjusted prevalence of a sedentary lifestyle by educational level in men in selected countries (source: Eurothine, 2007)

The Relative Index of Inequality (RII) can be interpreted as the ratio between the rate of a sedentary lifestyle in the lowest educational group and the rate of a sedentary lifestyle in the highest educational group. If the RII is larger than 1 this means that the rate of a sedentary lifestyle is higher in the lowest educational groups than in the highest educational group.

The classification of the educational groups used in the figure above is adapted from the ISCED. Data apply to the 1990s and the early 2000s.

Also see Percentage age-adjusted prevalence of a sedentary lifestyle by educational level in men and women in selected countries and EUphact Physical activity.