Table 3.
Association of facility adequacy with physical education and recess time for schools with an environmental constraint.a,b,c
| PE time (min) | Recess time (min) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gymnasium adequacyd | Playground adequacye | |||||
| n | Coeff | (SE) | n | Coeff | (SE) | |
| Urban | 382 | 10.32 | (5.15) * | 611 | 2.81 | (2.58) |
| <5 alternates | 750 | 4.87 | (3.41) | 1,149 | -1.97 | (2.01) |
| Climate zone | ||||||
| Cold | 455 | 2.43 | (3.29) | 500 | -5.34 | (3.37) |
| Dry | 62 | 2.65 | (20.65) | 252 | 5.54 | (4.29) |
| Hot-humid | 96 | 7.84 | (16.90) | 206 | -2.67 | (3.39) |
| Marine | 4 | – | – | 36 | – | – |
| Mixed-humid | 309 | 1.67 | (4.95) | 331 | 1.93 | (3.33) |
a
* P<0.05; ** P<0.01; *** P<0.001.
b
Other controls include enrollment, public, Title 1 funds receipt, % minority, census region, degree of urbanization, and number of alternate facilities.
c
Environmental constraints at school may include urban location, having fewer than 5 alternate facilities, and climate zone location.
d
Conditional on the school having a gymnasium.
e
Conditional on the school having a playground.