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. 2019 Nov 4;16(21):4281. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214281

Table 4.

Associations between characteristics of UGSs and adolescents’ GE, stratified by gender.

Variables Boys Girls
Frequency of GE Duration of GE Frequency of GE Duration of GE
b SE b SE b SE b SE
Age 0.132 * 0.075 0.080 0.076 0.055 0.092 0.013 0.083
Education −0.544 * 0.285 −0.250 0.287 −0.633 ** 0.321 0.067 0.289
Income 0.025 0.055 0.111 ** 0.055 0.034 0.084 0.124 * 0.076
BMI −0.043 * 0.032 −0.041 0.033 −0.002 0.029 −0.033 0.026
Screen time −0.090 * 0.053 −0.029 0.053 0.053 0.065 0.013 0.059
Park distance −0.099 0.051 0.025 0.051 −0.159 *** 0.055 −0.060 0.050
Many trees 0.766 0.690 0.420 0.695 1.413 0.868 0.304 0.782
Lawns −0.987 0.769 −0.450 0.775 −1.356 0.932 −0.308 0.839
Lights −1.052 0.901 −0.466 0.909 −1.061 1.078 −0.091 0.971
Exercise trails 0.250 0.213 0.209 0.215 0.130 0.237 −0.008 0.213
Play equipment 1.622 1.223 0.968 1.233 1.760 1.480 0.172 1.332
Soccer fields and basketball courts 0.150 0.206 0.160 0.208 0.516 ** 0.253 0.212 0.228
Varied plants and animal life −0.111 0.136 −0.069 0.137 0.116 0.170 0.124 0.153
Open areas −0.574 0.805 −0.003 0.812 −0.588 1.010 0.455 0.909
Flowerbeds −0.150 0.428 −0.082 0.431 −0.043 0.533 0.353 0.480
Outdoor fitness equipment −0.068 0.199 0.107 0.201 −0.041 0.235 0.184 0.211
Many benches/seating 0.282 0.362 0.204 0.365 0.128 0.440 −0.286 0.396
Picnic areas 0.120 0.274 −0.067 0.276 0.089 0.337 −0.223 0.304
R2 0.082 0.079 0.103 * 0.055

Note: * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001. b: Unstandardized coefficients, SE = standard error. Bold indicates the relationship is significant.