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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2011 May 12;9(4):481–491. doi: 10.1123/jpah.9.4.481

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of Participating Schools

Total (n=211) 3rd Grade (n=74) 4th Grade (n=72) 5th Grade (n=65)

Teacher Gender Total % Total % Total % Total %
Male 60 28.4 23 31.1 22 30.6 15 23.1
Female 148 70.1 50 67.6 50 69.4 48 73.8
Both 2 0.9 1 1.4 0 0 1 9.2

Lesson Location
Indoor 145 68.7 49 66.2 51 70.8 45 69.2
Outdoor 32 15.2 13 17.6 10 13.9 9 13.8
Both 32 15.2 11 14.9 11 15.3 10 15.4

Class Size
< 20 47 22.3 15 20.3 15 20.8 17 26.2
20-39 93 44.1 35 47.3 33 45.8 25 38.5
40-59 49 23.2 17 23 15 20.8 17 26.2
>60 19 9 7 9.5 9 12.5 3 4.6

Lesson Length
0-19 min. 0 0 0 0 1 1.4 0 0
20-29 min. 1 0.5 0 0 10 13.9 0 0
30-39 min. 39 18.5 17 23 51 70.8 12 18.5
40-49 min. 148 70.1 50 67.6 9 12.5 47 72.3
50-59 min. 22 10.4 7 9.5 1 1.4 6 9.2
> 60 min. 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0

Teacher Type
PE Specialist 208 98.6 72 97.3 72 100 64 98.5
Other 2 0.9 2 2.7 0 0 0 0
Lesson Length Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
43.61 5.37 43.19 5.29 44.14 5.65 43.52 5.15