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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 2. Physical Context of Most Frequentlya Reported Physical Activities Outside of School Hours.

Physical activity Total blocksb Home or neighborhoodc Schoold Community facilitye

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
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

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).

d

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).

e

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).