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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2006 Feb;33(1):52–65. doi: 10.1177/1090198105282418

Table 3.

Most Common Instructional Activity Units Taught in 36 TAAG Schools (Phase 2)

Coed
Boys Only (Not Offered to Girls)
Girls Only (Not Offered to Boys)
Boys and Girls Separately
Type of Unit N % N % N % N %
Aquatics 5 13.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Basketball 28 77.8 2 5.6 0 0.0 9 25.0
Baseball and softball 28 77.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 19.4
Cooperative activities 23 63.9 0 0.0 1 2.8 1 2.8
Cultural games 14 38.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 5.6
Dance 20 55.6 0 0.0 3 8.3 1 2.8
Football 24 66.7 2 5.6 0 0.0 10 27.8
Group fitness 25 69.4 0 0.0 3 8.3 2 5.6
Gymnastics 10 27.8 0 0.0 4 11.1 2 5.6
Hockey 22 61.1 0 0.0 2 5.6 4 11.1
Racquet sports 30 83.3 1 2.8 1 2.8 4 11.1
Recreational games 25 69.4 0 0.0 1 2.8 2 5.6
Skating 9 25.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Soccer 26 72.2 0 0.0 2 5.6 4 11.1
Track and field 25 69.4 0 0.0 1 2.8 4 11.1
Volleyball 30 83.3 0 0.0 1 2.8 6 16.7
Walking, jogging 26 72.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 11.1

NOTE: N = number of schools offering instructional activity units. Note that some schools may offer individual units in a coeducational setting, a gender-separate setting, or both. TAAG = Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls.