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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2009 Mar;6(2):144–152. doi: 10.1123/jpah.6.2.144

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
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
a

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.

b

Block is a 30-minute block of time for which participants reported what activity they were doing most of that time.

c

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.

d

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.

e

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.

f

Community facility includes community facilities, outdoor public areas, and other facilities.

g

Other person(s) includes one other person and several other people but not an organized program, class, or team.

h

Organized group includes organized programs, classes, or teams.

i

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.