Table 1.
Sample descriptives of children overall and by neighbourhood physical activity environment
| Individual characteristics (at fifth grade) | Total sample (n=636) | Neighbourhood physical activity environment | |
| Non-supportive (n=166) | Supportive (n=470) | ||
| Age (mean, SD) | 10.6 (0.6) | 10.5 (0.5) | 10.6 (0.5)* |
| Sex (n, %) | |||
| Male | 292 (45.9%) | 79 (47.6%) | 213 (45.3%) |
| Female | 344 (54.1%) | 87 (52.4%) | 257 (54.7%) |
| Race/ethnicity (n,%) | |||
| White | 240 (37.7%) | 57 (34.3%) | 183 (38.9%) |
| Black | 227 (35.7%) | 67 (40.4%) | 160 (34.0%) |
| Hispanic | 60 (9.4%) | 17 (10.2%) | 43 (9.2%) |
| Other | 109 (17.1%) | 25 (15.1%) | 84 (17.9%) |
| Total physical activity (min/hour) (mean, SD) | 28.2 (4.7) | 27.8 (4.6) | 28.4 (4.7) |
| Neighbourhood characteristics | |||
| Neighbourhood socioeconomic status† (mean, SD) | 16.2 (7.1) | 17.3 (7.2) | 15.9 (7.0)* |
*p<0.05.
†Percentage of persons below poverty in the census tract for child’s home address.