Table 3.

Ranking of top 15 factors related to physical activity behaviours (presented in table are mean (SD))

Ranka	Factor	Modifiability	Priority for research	Effect on Behaviour	SUM	Cluster name
1	Lack of physical activity at school	3.82 (1.10)	3.53 (0.86)	3.67 (0.77)	11.02	Institutional environment
2	Knowledge of physical activity	4.11 (0.96)	3.08 (1.37)	3.15 (1.10)	10.35	Psychosocial
3	Social influence	2.86 (1.02)	3.60 (1.09)	3.78 (0.88)	10.25	Social and cultural environment
4	Lack of physical activity skills	3.61 (1.04)	3.14 (0.86)	3.39 (0.98)	10.14	Psychosocial
5	Parental attitudes	3.10 (0.68)	3.38 (1.09)	3.61 (0.92)	10.08	Social and cultural environment
6	Lack of culturally sensitive facilities	3.28 (1.07)	3.44 (0.92)	3.33 (0.84)	10.05	Physical environment and opportunity
7	Expectations of physical activity	3.33 (1.08)	3.22 (1.06)	3.45 (1.10)	10.00	Psychosocial
8	Attitudes	3.38 (0.98)	3.27 (1.07)	3.35 (1.03)	10.00	Psychosocial
9	Facilities available	3.05 (1.06)	3.38 (0.78)	3.50 (0.96)	9.94	Physical environment and opportunity
10	Access to a play area	3.23 (0.94)	3.26 (0.89)	3.44 (0.78)	9.93	Physical environment and opportunity
11	Lack of knowledge of host culture	3.72 (0.96)	2.94 (0.87)	3.12 (0.68)	9.78	Migration context
12	Area deprivation	2.50 (0.86)	3.50 (0.92)	3.72 (0.83)	9.71	Social and material resources
13	Lack of women only facilities	3.25 (1.00)	3.20 (1.11)	3.22 (1.00)	9.66	Physical environment and opportunity
14	Primary health care	3.36 (1.14)	3.23 (1.11)	3.05 (1.00)	9.64	Health and health communication
15	Habitus	2.60 (1.14)	3.23 (1.40)	3.63 (1.29)	9.46	Social and cultural environment

All scores on a scale of 1–5, with 5 as most modifiable, strongest effect, largest priority

^aPosition that the factors were ranked in from the 183 Physical activity/Sedentary behaviour factors based on the overall scores of the 3 criteria of ‘research priority’, ‘expected modifiability’ and ‘potential effect size on behaviour’; factors were scored by 20 people for all 3 criteria