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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: New Dir Youth Dev. 2014 Fall;2014(143):57–78. doi: 10.1002/yd.20104

Table 2. Percentage of Girls and Boys Engaged in Sedentary and MVPA by Grade Level During Schedule Physical Activity.

Girls Boys


Sedentary MVPA Sedentary MVPA




2011 2012 2013 Δ 2011 2012 2013 Δ 2011 2012 2013 Δ 2011 2012 2013 Δ
K-1st 71.8 60.8 49.7 -22.1 14.7 18.6 22.6 7.9 67.5 57.3 47.2 -20.3 17.3 19.9 22.5 5.2
2nd-3rd 70.8 61.7 52.6 -18.3 13.3 16.6 20.0 6.7 69.0 58.4 47.8 -21.2 16.4 18.7 21.0 4.6
4th-5th 65.2 59.5 53.8 -11.5 24.3 21.7 19 -5.3 58.0 48.0 49.5 -8.5 20.2 27.9 21.3 1.3
Mixed Grade Levels 67.3 57.8 48.2 -19.1 14.6 18.3 21.9 7.2 61.1 50.4 39.8 -21.3 19.7 22.6 25.5 5.8

Percentages are adjusted means based on multilevel mixed effects linear & nonlinear regression Based on 8,348 SOPLAY scans over 98 program days in the Summer of 2011, 2012, and 2013

Statistically significant changes at p<0.05 are bolded