Table 2. Physical Context of Most Frequentlya Reported Physical Activities Outside of School Hours.
Physical activity | Total blocksb | Home or neighborhoodc | Schoold | Community facilitye | |||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Total | 20,062 | 11,480 | 59.9 | 1650 | 8.6 | 6046 | 31.5 |
Doing house chores | 2526 | 2318 | 96.5 | 14 | 0.6 | 71 | 3.0 |
Travel by walking | 2017 | 1039 | 54.1 | 421 | 21.9 | 459 | 23.9 |
Dance | 1800 | 954 | 55.4 | 117 | 6.8 | 651 | 37.8 |
Basketball | 1760 | 771 | 45.2 | 379 | 22.2 | 555 | 32.6 |
Playing with younger children | 1484 | 1167 | 83.2 | 27 | 1.9 | 209 | 14.9 |
Walking for exercise | 934 | 554 | 62.1 | 50 | 5.6 | 288 | 32.3 |
Running or jogging | 775 | 485 | 66.7 | 47 | 6.5 | 195 | 26.8 |
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.
Proportions of blocks spent at home or in the neighborhood were all different (P < .0001), except between traveling by walking and dancing (P =.45), dancing and walking for exercise (P = .001), and walking for exercise and running or jogging (P = .05).
Proportions of blocks spent at school were all different (P < .0001), except between traveling by walking and basketball (P = .83), dancing and walking for exercise (P = .24), dancing and running or jogging (P = .77), and walking for exercise and running or jogging (P = .47).
Community facility includes community facilities, outdoor public areas, and other facilities. Proportions of blocks spent at a community facility were all different (P < .0001), except between traveling by walking and running or jogging (P = .12), dancing and basketball (P = .001), dancing and walking for exercise (P = .005), basketball and walking for exercise (P = .89), basketball and running or jogging (P = .005), and walking for exercise and running or jogging (P = .02).