Table 1.
Average importance ratinga of adolescent-identified determinants of an activity-friendly environment
| Potential determinants | 6-year pre-university secondary education | 4-year pre-vocational secondary education | Average importance of all classes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd year | 4th year | 2nd year | 4th year | ||
| Physical characteristics | |||||
| 1. Clean | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 2. Attractive | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 3. Proximity | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 4. Attributes | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| 5. Facilities | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| 6. Well maintained | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 7. Suitable area | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 8. Weather | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 9. Safety | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| 10. Variation | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| Social characteristics | |||||
| 1. Presence of others (positive/negative) | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| 2. Different target groups | NA | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 3. Ambience | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 4. Being allowed to be active | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 5. It is the norm to be active | NA | 2.5 | NA | NA | 2.5 |
| Economic characteristics | |||||
| 1. Affordable | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| Motivational characteristics | |||||
| 1. Challenging, motivating, exciting and adventurous | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| 2. Rewards | 1.8 | 3.1 | 2.6 | NA | 2.5 |
| 3. Seated activities not encouraged | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | NA | 2.3 |
| 4. Distraction (positive/negative) | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| 5. Organized activities | 2.5 | NA | 2.7 | NA | 2.6 |
| 6. Active games | 2.1 | NA | 3.2 | NA | 2.7 |
| 7. Being forced to be active | NA | NA | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
NA Not applicable, indicates a potential determinant was not indicated during the concept mapping session within this class; bold indicates the potential determinant is important
aRated on a 5-point Likert-scale with higher scores indicating higher importance of the adolescent-perceived determinants