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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2008 Jun;78(6):314–320. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00308.x

Table 3. Girls' Perceptions of PA Support and Enjoyment: Adjusted Means by Race*.

Overall Test of Equality for 4 Race Groups (p Value) White (n = 683), Mean (SE) Black (n = 299), Mean (SE) Hispanic (n = 311), Mean (SE) Other (n = 173), Mean (SE)
Teachers' support .015 8.0 (0.13) 7.4 (0.18) 7.8 (0.17) 8.1 (0.20)
Boys' support .003 10.3 (0.27) 9.7 (0.32) 9.5 (0.31) 9.5 (0.34)
Other girls' support .803 2.4 (0.07) 2.4 (0.09) 2.4 (0.09) 2.3 (0.11)
PA enjoyment .002 31.2 (0.29) 29.7 (0.39) 29.9 (0.37) 30.3 (0.46)
PE enjoyment .019 4.1 (0.06) 4.3 (0.09) 4.1 (0.08) 4.1 (0.10)
Friend support .075 9.3 (0.11) 8.8 (0.17) 9.3 (0.16) 9.0 (0.22)
Family support .001 17.4 (0.28) 16.8 (0.36) 16.6 (0.34) 16.0 (040)

SE, standard error.

*

Within racial groups, means are adjusted for BMI and free and reduced lunch status.

Significantly different from white at α = .017 (Bonferroni correction).