Table 2.
Observed visitors/users in playgrounds vs. those in other park activity areas with estimated mean weekly use as a % of all person-hours (N=162 parks).
| User Characteristics | Playground areas only Person-hours (%) |
All other park activity areas Person-hours (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 403 | 2604 | |
| Males (% of all users) | 176 (43.6%) | 1592 (61.1%) | <.0001 |
| Age Group- males | |||
| Children (% of males) | 121 (68.8%) | 484 (30.4%) | <.0001 |
| Teens (% of males) | 9 (5.1%) | 253 (15.9%) | 0.0002 |
| Adults (% of males) | 44 (25.0%) | 790 (49.6%) | 0.0002 |
| Seniors (% of males) | 2 (1.1%) | 65 (4.1%) | 0.08 |
| Males in MVPA (% of all males) | 95 (54.0%) | 667 (41.9%) | 0.003 |
| Children in MVPA (% of age-gender group) | 77 (63.6%) | 239 (49.4%) | 0.007 |
| Teens in MVPA (% of age-gender group) | 5 (55.6%) | 133 (52.6%) | & |
| Adults in MVPA (% of age-gender group) | 12 (27.3%) | 277 (35.1%) | 0.37 |
| Seniors in MVPA (% of age-gender group) | 1 (50.0%) | 18 (27.7%) | & |
| Females (% of all users) | 227 (56.3%) | 1012 (38.9%) | <.0001 |
| Age group-females | |||
| Children (% of females) | 129 (56.8%) | 274 (27.1%) | <.0001 |
| Teens (% of females) | 14 (6.2%) | 130 (12.8%) | 0.013 |
| Adults (% of females) | 81 (35.7%) | 563 (55.6%) | <.0001 |
| Seniors (% of females) | 3 (1.3%) | 45 (4.4%) | 0.06 |
| Females in MVPA (% of all females) | 104 (45.8%) | 322 (38.8%) | <.0001 |
| Children in MVPA (% of age-gender group) | 77 (59.7%) | 118 (43.1%) | 0.003 |
| Teens in MVPA (% of age-gender group) | 7 (50.0%) | 52 (40.0%) | 0.66 |
| Adults in MVPA (% of age-gender group) | 19 (23.5%) | 141 (25.0%) | 0.86 |
| Seniors in MVPA (% of age-gender group) | 1 (33.3%) | 11 (24.4%) | & |
& = Insufficient sample size for hypothesis testing
What does the p value testing – is it col 2 vs 3 - can that be added as a footnote?