Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of Summer Day Camps and Demographics of Attending Children
| Characteristics/Demographics | Summer day camps | |
|---|---|---|
| N | 20 | |
| Mean number of children (range) | 50 | (14–175) |
| Mean number of staff (range) | 9 | (3–16) |
| Camp duration – mean weeks (range) | 9.4 | (7.5–10.0) |
| Day duration – mean hours (range) | 10.5 | (8.8–12.5) |
| Scheduled PA – mean minutes (range) |
190.3 | (0–360) |
| Wear time – mean minutes (range) | 501.3 | (8.9–678.9) |
| Attending children | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total N |
Boys N |
Girls N |
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| All children (%)a | 1,061 (100) | 569 (53.6) | 492 (46.4) |
| Kindergarten | 221 (20.8) | 118 (20.7) | 103 (20.9) |
| First grade | 220 (20.7) | 120 (21.1) | 100 (20.3) |
| Second grade | 209 (19.7) | 115 (20.2) | 94 (19.1) |
| Third grade | 147 (13.9) | 71 (12.5) | 76 (15.5) |
| Fourth grade | 139 (13.1) | 69 (12.1) | 70 (14.2) |
| Fifth grade | 125 (11.8) | 76 (13.3) | 49 (10.0) |
| Age – mean years (±SD) | 7.8 (1.8) | 7.9 (1.8) | 7.8 (1.8) |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||
| African American | 693 (65.3) | 377 (66.3) | 316 (64.2) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 286 (27.0) | 151 (26.5) | 135 (27.4) |
| Other | 82 (7.7) | 41 (7.2) | 41 (8.3) |
| BMI (%) | |||
| Underweight | 12 (1.1) | 7 (1.2) | 5 (1.0) |
| Normal weight | 505 (47.6) | 279 (49.0) | 226 (45.9) |
| Overweight | 155 (14.6) | 83 (14.6) | 72 (14.6) |
| Obese | 205 (19.3) | 95 (16.7) | 110 (22.4) |
| Missing | 184 (17.3) | 105 (18.5) | 79 (16.1) |
| Median MVPA minutes (±SD) | 89 (38.7) | 96 (41.7) | 82 (33.3) |
| Number of children accumulating ≥60 minutes MVPA (%)a |
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| All | 811 (76.4) | 455 (80.0) | 357 (72.6) |
| Kindergarten | 162 (73.2) | 93 (79.2) | 69 (66.7) |
| First grade | 167 (76.1) | 93 (77.1) | 75 (75.1) |
| Second grade | 168 (80.2) | 92 (80.0) | 76 (80.4) |
| Third grade | 100 (67.7) | 49 (68.4) | 51 (67.0) |
| Fourth grade | 100 (72.0) | 58 (84.3) | 43 (60.9) |
| Fifth grade | 87 (69.4) | 58 (75.7) | 29 (59.0) |
a
Grade specified in table relates to the grade children will be entering post-summer.
PA, physical activity; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity