Table 3.
Comparison of Summer Day Camp Characteristics and the Percentage of Boys and Girls, Separately, Categorized as Sedentary, Walking, or Vigorous‡
| Boys |
Girls |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedentary |
Walking |
Vigorous |
Sedentary |
Walking |
Vigorous |
|
| b (95%CI) | b (95%CI) | b (95%CI) | b (95%CI) | b (95%CI) | b (95%CI) | |
| Scheduled activity† | ||||||
| Not specified | 17.1 (12.5, 21.7) | −6.3 (−10.0, −2.5) | −11.0 (−14.1, −7.9) | 12.4 (7.5, 17.2) | −7.1 (−11.1, −3.2) | −5.1 (−8.4, −1.8) |
| Assembly | 10.5 (4.8, 16.3) | −3.4 (−8.1, 1.4) | −7.2 (−11.1, −3.3) | 6.9 (1.1, 12.6) | −2.2 (−6.9, 2.5) | −4.7 (−8.6, −0.7) |
| Drop-off/pick-up | 8.6 (4.9, 12.2) | −0.4 (−3.3, 2.6) | −8.4 (−10.8, −5.9) | 7.6 (3.9, 11.3) | −4.0 (−7.1, −1.0) | −3.8 (−6.4, −1.3) |
| Snack/lunch | 15.0 (11.8, 18.1) | −3.6 (−6.2, −1.0) | −11.4 (−13.5, −9.3) | 13.0 (9.7, 16.2) | −5.2 (−7.8, −2.6) | −7.4 (−9.6, −5.2) |
| Enrichment | 20.2 (17.2, 23.2) | −6.6 (−9.1, −4.2) | −13.7 (−15.7, −11.6) | 18.9(15.9, 22.0) | −7.4 (−9.9, −4.9) | −11.6 (−13.7, −9.5) |
| Bathroom | 13.0 (9.4, 16.5) | −2.4 (−5.3, 0.6) | −10.5 (−12.9, −8.2) | 11.1 (7.6, 14.6) | −3.9 (−6.7, −1.0) | −7.5 (−9.9, −5.1) |
| Activity context | ||||||
| Presence of equipment | −11.9 (−14.2, −9.5) | 6.3 (4.3, 8.2) | 5.9 (4.3, 7.4) | −5.1 (−7.5, −2.7) | 0.0 (−1.9, 2.0) | 4.9 (3.2, 6.5) |
| Water-based physical activity | 5.4 (2.2, 8.7) | −12.9 (−15.5, −10.2) | 7.3 (5.1, 9.5) | −5.0 (−8.2, −1.8) | −5.9 (−8.5, −3.3) | 11.3 (9.1, 13.5) |
| Free-play physical activity (vs. organized physical activity) | −14.7 (−17.0, −12.4) | 9.2 (7.3, 11.1) | 5.6 (4.1, 7.2) | −13.2 (−15.7, −10.7) | 8.6 (6.5, 10.6) | 4.8 (3.1, 6.5) |
| Outdoor location (vs. indoor location) | −0.8 (−2.8, 1.3) | 6.2 (4.5, 7.9) | −5.3 (−6.7, −3.9) | 0.4 (−1.6, 2.5) | 5.4 (3.7, 7.0) | −6.2 (−7.6, −4.8) |
| Staff management of physical activities | ||||||
| Staff giving instructions | 7.0 (3.7, 10.4) | −1.8 (−4.6, 1.0) | −5.5 (−7.7, −3.2) | 1.6 (−1.4, 4.7) | 1.8 (−0.7, 4.3) | −3.0 (−5.1, −0.9) |
| Idle time | 0.7 (−1.2, 2.6) | 1.6 (0.0, 3.1) | −2.2 (−3.5, −1.0) | 4.9 (3.0, 6.9) | −0.3 (−1.9, 1.2) | −4.6 (−5.9, −3.2) |
| Children standing in line for turn | 7.7 (4.5, 10.9) | −3.4 (−6.0, −0.8) | −4.4 (−6.6, −2.2) | 6.1 (2.6, 9.6) | −1.9 (−4.8,0.9) | −3.8 (−6.2, −1.5) |
| Elimination game | −6.5 (−10.5, −2.5) | 4.0 (0.7, 7.4) | 2.6 (−0.1, 5.3) | −7.7 (−12.1, −3.3) | 7.7 (4.1, 11.3) | 0.3 (−2.7, 3.3) |
| Two or more physical activities provided (choice) | −11.0 (−15.2, −6.9) | 4.3 (0.9, 7.7) | 7.0 (4.2, 9.9) | −7.4 (−11.8, −3.1) | 3.4 (−0.1, 6.9) | 4.1 (1.1, 7.0) |
| Children age groups | ||||||
| Kindergarteners and 1st graders | 2.5 (−0.2, 5.2) | −2.1 (−4.2, 0.1) | −0.3 (−2.2, 1.6) | 0.8 (−1.9, 3.5) | −0.9 (−3.1, 1.3) | 0.1 (−1.8, 2.0) |
| 2nd and 3rd graders | 0.3 (−2.1, 2.7) | −1.0 (−2.9, 1.0) | 0.7 (−1.0, 2.3) | 1.4 (−1.1, 3.8) | −0.7 (−2.7, 1.3) | −0.6 (−2.3, 1.1) |
| 4th and 5th graders | −0.2 (−2.7, 2.3) | 1.6 (−0.3, 3.6) | −1.4 (−3.2, 0.3) | −0.8 (−3.4, 1.7) | 0.1 (−2.0, 2.1) | 0.7 (−1.0, 2.5) |
| Mixed age group | 0.2 (−2.3, 2.8) | 2.1 (0.0, 4.2) | −2.6 (−4.3, −0.8) | 2.2 (−0.4, 4.8) | 1.1 (−1.1, 3.2) | −2.6 (−4.4, −0.8) |
| Average number of staff present | −0.4 (−0.9, 0.0) | 0.0 (−0.3, 0.4) | 0.4 (0.1, 0.7) | −0.4 (−0.9, 0.0) | −0.3 (−0.7, 0.1) | 0.7 (0.4, 1.0) |
| Average number of boys/girls present | 0.2 (0.0,0.3) | −0.1 (−0.2, 0.0) | −0.1 (−0.1, 0.0) | 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) | −0.1 (−0.2, 0.1) | −0.2 (−0.3, −0.1) |
Note. Bolded values are significant at P < .05;
†
Reference group is Scheduled Physical Activity time;
‡
Based on 2462 children observed over 4649 scans across 27 days in 4 large-scale community-based summer day camps.