Table 12.

Macrosystem facilitators for physical activity among schoolchildren.

Macrosystem
Categories	Subcategories	Code	Parents’ verbalizations
Facilitators of the socio cultural and political context		Physical activity is in fashion	“I do think that fashion influences everything, just like fashion in clothes, fashion in sport, because before, nobody ran, and now everybody runs like fools, they run and run” (F1, FG7).
		Free or subsidized activities and venues	"Because the activities are free, for example. For example, the children here the activities are free, so they do the activities there, they come here to play whatever they do here” (M4, FG5).

Abbreviations: M = Mother; F = Father; FG = Focus Group. Distinction of FG by rural or urban setting: Rural area: FG3, FG4, FG7, and FG8; Urban area: FG1, FG2, FG5, and FG6.