TABLE 2.

Respondent’s perceptions of their child’s physical activity habits

Question	Overall, %
How physically active would you consider your child to be?
Very active	57.7
Active	32.0
Somewhat active	9.6
Inactive	0.7
On average, outside of school hours, how many days of the week is your child physically active?
0	0.7
1–2	5.7
3–5	25.1
>5	68.5
On average, for how many minutes per day is your child physically active outside of school hours?
1–15	0.9
16–30	6.2
31–60	20.6
>60	71.7
In the past month, has your child done any of the following?
Played outdoors	99.1
Participated in a team sport	71.8
Been involved in family outings (walking, hiking, biking)	93.7
Participated in other recreational/physical activities	87.2
On average, how many hours per day does your child spend watching TV or movies, playing video or computer games, or surfing the Internet?
None	4.2
<2 h	71.3
2–3 h	19.8
>3 h	4.5
On average, how many hours per day does your child spend reading or doing homework?
None	4.8
<2	83.7
2–3	7.8
>3	1.2
Not applicable/too young	2.4
How important is it to you for your child to be physically active?
Very important	81.9
Important	17.0
Somewhat important	0.9
What reasons discourage or limit your child from participating in physical activity?
Time	13.7
Health barriers, illness or physical challenge	14.1
Safety concerns	1.7
Location or transportation	4.8
Equipment availability	1.3
Child’s lack of interest	8.0
Expenses or cost	5.4
Too tired	2.6
Weather	13.1
No reason	37.6
How physically active do you (the parent) consider yourself to be?
Inactive	5.0
Somewhat active	33.0
Active	42.0
Very active	20.0

The sum of responses may not always add up to 100%; responses less than 1% may not have been reported. Multiple responses were possible for certain questions. TV Television