DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12195186
title: Information associated with GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [Eng: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (non-anonymized information)

description: Additional restricted participant characteristics of the following datasets:



GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (non-anonymized version - first part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (non-anonymized version - second part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (non-anonymized version - third part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (anonymized version - first part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (anonymized version - second part)

GENEActiv accelerometer files collected during the project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"] (anonymized version - third part)


Participant characteristics: 10 to 16 years old students (n = 206) and parents (n = 25).

Number of participants: 231.

Year of the study: 2018 - 2019.

Place of the study: New Caledonia.

When using this dataset, please cite the following reference:G. Wattelez, S. Frayon, O. Galy, Assessing physical activity/behavior of adolescents living in the Pacific with accelerometer data: 231 GENEActiv records in New Caledonia, Data in Brief 58 (2025) 111228, doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.111228
description: Consent

Written consent was obtained from the children's parents before the start of the study. The project was first authorized by the Vice-Rectorate and then presented to the school directors. The targeted schools were contacted, and the project was then proposed to the teaching teams for their acceptance.

Data collection

Data were collected between July 2018 and April 2019, from 1060 school-going adolescents (10–16 years old) during class time. In each school, two classes per level (6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd) were chosen to respond to the anonymous questionnaire, which consisted of two parts lasting 30 minutes each and was carried out in two stages.

About 30 participants (according to the number of devices available) per school were randomly selected to wear a GENEActiv accelerometer device for 5 to 7 consecutive days, or more. Consenting participants wore the device for 7 days. When a participant refused to wear the device, another random draw was made. A total of 211 adolescents accepted to wear an accelerometer device.

Participant characteristics

Age

Age in months was determined on the day of the research intervention (starting day) from the birth date. Age in years has been determined by rounding off age in months divided by 12. Then, age in years has been categorized into three categories ("Less than or equal to 12", "Between 13 and 14 inclusive" or "Greater than or equal to 15") providing age range.

Place of living

The place of living (rural and urban) was determined according to the school location and the criterion used by the European standard to assess the degree of urbanization [The European Union labour force survey. (2001). Methods and definitions - (Eurostat, Guidelines, Labour statistics, Survey). Accessed November 17, 2017. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/EconStatKB/KnowledgebaseArticle10230.aspx; The European Union Labour Force Survey - Methods and Definitions – 2001. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (2003)].

Cultural community

Cultural community was self-reported by the adolescents using a questionnaire and categorized as usually processed by the Institut de la statistique et des études économiques (ISEE: Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies) census and as recommended by the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM: the National Institute of Health and Medical Research) report on New Caledonia [Hamelin C, Salomon C, Lert F, Vignier N. Situation Sociale et Comportements de Santé des Jeunes en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Premiers Résultats Mars 2008. Villejuif: Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Unité 687 (2008). Available online at: https://bdoc.ofdt.fr/index.php?lvl= notice_display&id=51643 (accessed June 6, 2021)], but they could choose only one cultural group. To the question: "A quelle communauté te sens-tu appartenir ?" [en: "Which community do you feel you belong to?"], the available cultural communities were: 



Africaine [en: African]

Indonésienne, Vietnamienne ou Asiatique d’autre origine [en: Asian],

Kanak ou Mélanésienne [en: Melanesian], 

Européenne Calédonienne (né(e) en Calédonie) [en: European Caledonian (born in New Caledonia)], 

Européenne metro, né(e) en France ou ailleurs [en: European born in France or elsewhere], 

Wallisienne, Futunienne, Tahitienne (Polynésienne) [en: Polynesian], 

Autre [en: Other]


Socio-economic status

Socio-economic status (SES) was indexed on the basis of the occupation of the household reference person (defined as the householder with the highest income) using the National Statistics Socio-Economic classification [Krieger N, Rose D, Pevalin DJ. A researcher’s guide to the national statistics socio-economic classification. J Public Health Policy. (2003) 24:467. doi: 10.2307/3343389]. From this basis, three categories were generated and showed in the International SES: managerial and professional occupations (High), intermediate occupations (Medium), and routine and manual occupations (Low).
description: Description of the columns

Participant ID: Participant ID for this studyParticipant status: Participant status in the study ("Adolescent" or "Adult")Age in months: Age in months of the adolescent participant; unknown for adultsAge in years: Age in years of the adolescent participant; unknown for adultsAge range: Age range of the adolescent participant ("Less than or equal to 12", "Between 13 and 14 inclusive" or "Greater than or equal to 15"); unknown for adultsSex: Sex of the participant ("Female" or "Male")Place of living: Place of living according to school location ("Rural" or "Urban")Cultural community: Declared cultural community ("African", "Asian", "European born in France or elsewhere", "European Caledonian (born in New Caledonia)", "Melanesian", "Polynesian" or "Other")International SES: International socio-economic status ("High", "Medium", "Low")GeneActiv file: GENEActiv file (with no extension) associated with the participantStarting Day: Starting day of data collection, i.e. first day the device is wornDay of removal: Day of device removal, i.e. last day the device is wornDOI of the non-anonymized repository: DOI of the repository where is stored the .bin fileDOI of the anonymized repository: DOI of the repository where is stored the accelerometer .csv file