Table 1.

Sedentary and physical activity levels of children attending Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) services in the afterschool period

						Independent t-test
Physical activity levels	Minutes Mean (SD)	Minutes Mean (SD)	Std. Err	Minutes Mean (SD)	Std. Err	Sig	95% CI
Mean time (minutes) spent sedentary and in physical activity levels
	All children (n = 3614)	Girls (n = 1521)		Boys (n = 1514)
Sedentary	36.0 (19.5)	41.1 (19.8)	0.51	31.1 (18.0)	0.46	< .001	-11.38, -8.68
Light physical activity	48.4 (16.3)	48.5 (16.2)	0.42	49.3 (16.7)	0.43	.148	-0.31, 2.04
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity	22.1 (12.8)	18.5 (10.9)	0.28	25.7 (13.6)	0.35	< .001	6.38, 8.14
Total physical activity	70.6 (23.5)	67.0 (22.5)	0.58	75.0 (24.0)	0.62
		Grade K—2 (n = 1709)		Grade 3—6 (n = 1326)
Sedentary		33.9 (18.6)	0.45	38.8 (20.5)	0.56	.001	-6.33, -3.54
Light physical activity		49.6 (18.0)	0.43	46.2 (16.5)	0.45	< .001	2.86, 5.20
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity		22.4 (12.8)	0.31	21.7 (12.7)	0.35	.167	-0.27, 1.57
Total physical activity		73.2 (23.6)	0.57	68.4 (23.4)	0.64
Mean percentage (%) of wear time spent sedentary and in physical activity levels
	All children (n = 3614)	Girls (n = 1521)		Boys (n = 1514)
Sedentary	33.5 (15.5)	37.7 (15.1)	0.39	29.1 (14.5)	0.37	< .001	-9.76, -7.65
Light physical activity	45.5 (10.3)	45.0 (10.4)	0.27	46.4 (10.2)	0.26	< .001	0.75, 2.22
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity	21.0 (11.4)	17.2 (9.5)	0.25	24.5 (11.8)	0.30	< .001	6.50, 8.00
Total physical activity	66.5 (15.5)	62.2 (15.1)	0.38	70.9 (14.5)	0.37
		Infant (n = 1709)		Primary (n = 1326)
Sedentary		31.5 (15.0)	0.36	35.9 (15.7)	0.43	< .001	-5.54, -3.35
Light physical activity		47.3 (10.1)	0.24	43.5 (10.2)	0.28	< .001	3.05, 4.50
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity		21.1 (11.4)	0.28	20.5 (11.2)	0.31	.109	-0.15, 1.48
Total physical activity		68.5 (14.9)	0.36	64.1 (15.7)	0.43

Note: Missing descriptive (sex, age group) data of 579 children

Bolded values are significant P < 0.05

K—2: kindergarten to year 2; Grade 3—6: years 3 – 6