Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health respondents with information on park presence (N=49,146)
| Total (n=49,146) | Park absent (n=11,791) | Park present (n=37,355) | p-valuec | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%)a | n | (%)a | ||
| Age, mean (sd) | 9.4 | (5.3) | 10 | (5.2) | 9.2 | (5.3) | <0.001d |
| Sex | 0.50 | ||||||
| Female | 23,945 | (48.7) | 5,777 | (24.1) | 18,168 | (75.9) | |
| Male | 25,201 | (51.3) | 6,014 | (23.9) | 19,178 | (76.1) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | <0.001 | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 34,659 | (70.5) | 9,024 | (26.0) | 25,635 | (74.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2,770 | (5.6) | 624 | (22.5) | 2,146 | (77.5) | |
| Hispanic | 5,370 | (10.9) | 1,030 | (19.2) | 4,340 | (80.8) | |
| Otherb | 6,347 | (12.9) | 1,113 | (17.5) | 5,234 | (82.5) | |
| Parental education | <0.001 | ||||||
| < High school | 1071 | (2.2) | 345 | (32.2) | 726 | (67.8) | |
| High school/GED | 5951 | (12.1) | 1926 | (32.4) | 4025 | (67.6) | |
| Some college/ Technical school | 10932 | (22.2) | 3150 | (28.8) | 7782 | (71.2) | |
| College | 30599 | (62.3) | 6194 | (20.2) | 24405 | (79.8) | |
| Missing data | 593 | (1.2) | 176 | (29.7) | 593 | (100.0) | |
| Family income <100% FPL | 4673 | (9.5) | 3306 | (70.7) | 1367 | (29.3) | <0.001 |
| Urbanicity | <0.001 | ||||||
| Lives in MPC | 8,611 | (17.5) | 1,273 | (14.8) | 7,338 | (85.2) | |
| Live outside MPC | 20,234 | (41.2) | 5,700 | (28.2) | 14,534 | (71.8) | |
| Missinge | 20,391 | (41.5) | 4,818 | (23.6) | 15,483 | (75.9) | |
a
Percents shown are row percents.
b
“Other” category includes Asian, Native American, and multiracial participants.
c
P-values calculated using Chi-square test unless otherwise indicated.
d
P-value calculated using a t-test.
e
These data were not reported in all states.
MPC=Metropolitan Principal City, FPL=Federal poverty level