Table 1. Physical Activity Context and Most Frequentlya Reported Physical Activities Outside of School Hours and Mean 30-Minute Blocksb.
Context or physical activity | n | % | Average blocks/d | SD |
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Totalc | 1925 | 100.0 | 19.65 | 3.87 |
Any activityd | 1785 | 100.0 | 3.76 | 2.63 |
Physical contexte | ||||
home or neighborhood | 1532 | 79.6 | 2.51 | 2.08 |
school | 534 | 27.7 | 1.03 | 0.92 |
community facilityf | 943 | 51.6 | 2.04 | 1.92 |
Social contexte | ||||
alone | 1064 | 55.3 | 1.36 | 1.29 |
with other person(s)g | 1510 | 78.4 | 2.62 | 2.15 |
with an organized grouph | 576 | 29.9 | 1.74 | 1.56 |
Physical activityi | ||||
doing house chores | 818 | 42.5 | 1.04 | 0.91 |
travel by walking | 700 | 36.4 | 0.96 | 0.82 |
dance | 476 | 24.7 | 1.27 | 1.31 |
basketball | 460 | 23.9 | 1.28 | 1.12 |
playing with younger children | 385 | 20.0 | 1.29 | 1.47 |
walking for exercise | 343 | 17.8 | 0.92 | 0.88 |
running or jogging | 341 | 17.7 | 0.76 | 0.67 |
Most frequently refers to physical activities that 10% or more of participants reported doing for most of at least 1 block over the previous 3 days.
Block is a 30-minute block of time for which participants reported what activity they were doing most of that time.
Total n (%) refers to participants who completed the questionnaire. Total blocks refers to number of blocks per day outside of school hours during which participants were not sleeping.
Any activity n (%) refers to participants who reported physical activity for at least 1 block over the previous 3 days. Any activity blocks refers to blocks per day over the previous 3 days during which participants were physically active outside of school hours.
Context blocks refers to number of blocks per day over the previous 3 days during which physical activity was done in that context among participants who were active in that context.
Community facility includes community facilities, outdoor public areas, and other facilities.
Other person(s) includes one other person and several other people but not an organized program, class, or team.
Organized group includes organized programs, classes, or teams.
Physical activity blocks refers to number of blocks per day over the previous 3 days for which that activity was done among participants who did it.