Table III.
ORs and 95% CIs from multilevel logistic regression models predicting daily physical activity participation during recess—primary and secondary school level
Variables | Primary level students (Grades 4–7) |
Secondary level students (Grades 8–10) |
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OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | ||
Soccer field | Boys | 1.01 | 0.71–1.44 | 1.68* | 1.15–2.45 |
Girls | 0.78 | 0.49–1.2 | 0.98 | 0.64–1.52 | |
Areas for other ball games | Boys | 1.22 | 0.34–4.33 | 1.06 | 0.79–1.43 |
Girls | 1.19 | 0.82–1.72 | 1.49 | 0.88–2.53 | |
Areas for hopscotch/skipping rope | Boys | 1.19 | 0.88–1.60 | 2.53* | 1.55–4.13 |
Girls | 0.39 | 0.09–1.69 | 1.60 | 0.97–2.66 | |
Playground equipment | Boys | 1.20 | 0.88–1.63 | 1.66* | 1.16–2.37 |
Girls | 1.33 | 0.91–1.96 | 1.39 | 0.95–2.04 | |
Outdoor obstacle course | Boys | 1.07 | 0.88–1.30 | 1.11 | 0.60–2.08 |
Girls | 1.16 | 0.91–1.47 | 1.44 | 0.93–2.25 | |
Sledding hill | Boys | 1.10 | 0.90–1.35 | 1.70* | 1.23–2.35 |
Girls | 1.09 | 0.84–1.42 | 1.58* | 1.11–2.24 | |
Green spaces/forest areas | Boys | 1.08 | 0.87–1.34 | 0.95 | 0.73–1.25 |
Girls | 1.26 | 0.96–1.65 | 1.22 | 0.84–1.79 | |
Areas for boarding/skating | Boys | 1.06 | 0.86–1.32 | 0.89 | 0.64–1.23 |
Girls | 1.03 | 0.79–1.35 | 0.99 | 0.67–1.45 | |
Outdoor facility index (0–1)a | Boys | 1.43 | 0.86–0.40 | 2.69* | 1.21–5.98 |
Girls | 1.57 | 0.82–2.99 | 2.90* | 1.32–6.37 |
OR, odds ratio.
Summarized and standardized score, with 1 indicating the maximum and 0 lowest number of facilities. *P < 0.05.