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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2013 Jul 12;25(3):468–486. doi: 10.1123/pes.25.3.468

Table 2. Descriptive Statistics for 6- to 11-Year-Old Children's Physical Activity by Location.

Location Average % of total time at each location (SD) Average % of total time spent at each location engaged in MVPA (SD) Average daily MVPA at each location, minutes (SD)
Home 47.5% (15.4) 18.2% (8.3) 62.6 (36.7)
School 29.0% (17.1) 18.1% (8.2) 37.6 (27.4)
Others' homes 6.5% (7.8) 22.0% (13.2) 10.1 (13.8)
Service locations 5.8% (7.3) 16.6% (11.6) 8.0 (14.9)
Public, outdoor parks, and rec. 2.6% (4.1) 39.7% (20.1) 6.9 (10.9)
Shopping 2.4% (3.0) 19.1% (10.7) 3.2 (4.7)
Other schools 1.6% (4.0) 29.8% (19.5) 3.3 (8.1)
Food eateries 1.4% (1.9) 13.2% (11.2) 1.3 (2.3)
Private rec. facilities 1.4% (2.8) 30.1% (16.0) 3.1 (6.4)
Public, indoor rec. facilities 0.8% (3.2) 31.9% (17.4) 1.8 (8.0)
Neighborhood 0.8% (2.7) 42.1% (23.7) 2.1 (6.5)
Nondescript geographical locations 0.2% (1.7) 31.3% (23.4) 0.4 (3.7)
Total 100.0% 140.4 mina
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Total moderate-to-vigorous physical activity does not match that of Table 1, because valid day criteria differed between place-based MVPA estimates and total MVPA estimates (see Methods section).