Table 2.
Comparison of Activities reported during after school time by home alone categories
| Home alone after school | |||||||||
| Hours per weekday × days per week | |||||||||
| 0 | ≤ 1 – 2 | 2 or > | Total | ||||||
| (n = 569) | (n = 574) | (n = 279) | (n = 1422) | Diff > | |||||
| Activity | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | (p < .05) |
| Homework | 63.3 | (360) | 59.1 | (339) | 53.1 | (148) | 59.6 | (847) | Yes |
| Eating | 57.6 | (328) | 59.2 | (340) | 44.4 | (124) | 55.7 | (806) | Yes |
| Riding in car/bus | 56.6 | (322) | 58.0 | (333) | 48.0 | (134) | 55.5 | (789) | Yes |
| TV | 52.6 | (299) | 56.1 | (322) | 59.9 | (167) | 55.4 | (788) | No |
| Hanging around | 26.7 | (152) | 28.7 | (165) | 25.8 | (72) | 27.4 | (389) | No |
| Telephone | 21.1 | (120) | 26.3 | (151) | 35.5 | (99) | 26.0 | (270) | Yes |
| Bathing | 23.2 | (132) | 20.9 | (120) | 22.2 | (62) | 22.1 | (314) | No |
| Snacking | 22.0 | (125) | 22.5 | 129 | 20.1 | (56) | 21.8 | (310) | No |
| House chores | 18.5 | (105) | 20.5 | (118) | 18.6 | (52) | 19.3 | (275) | No |
| Travel walking | 17.6 | (100) | 18.9 | (108) | 20.4 | (57) | 18.6 | (265) | No |
| Listening to music | 12.0 | (68) | 17.6 | (101) | 20.8 | (58) | 15.6 | (227) | Yes |
| Video games | 14.6 | (83) | 16.5 | (95) | 15.8 | (44) | 16.6 | (222) | No |
| Reading | 16.3 | (93) | 14.5 | (83) | 14.3 | (40) | 15.2 | (216) | No |
| Basketball | 11.8 | (67) | 11.3 | (65) | 13.3 | (37) | 11.9 | (169) | No |
| Dancing | 9.3 | (53) | 10.5 | (60) | 14.0 | (39) | 10.7 | (152) | No |
| Music lesson | 9.0 | (51) | 10.5 | (60) | 4.7 | (13) | 8.7 | (124) | Yes |
| Playing with younger children | 7.4 | (42) | 8.9 | (51) | 7.2 | (20) | 8.0 | (113) | No |
| Sleeping | 7.2 | (41) | 5.9 | (34) | 12.5 | (35) | 7.7 | (110) | No |
| Running/jogging | 5.6 | (32) | 8.5 | (49) | 8.2 | (23) | 7.3 | (104) | No |
| Walking for exercise | 6.5 | (37) | 5.7 | (33) | 9.0 | (25) | 6.7 | (95) | No |
| Bicycling | 5.3 | (30) | 2.8 | (16) | 3.6 | (10) | 3.9 | (95) | No |
* Data from 3 day Physical Activity Self-reported instrument (3DPAR) corresponding to after school time periods.