TABLE 2.
Time spent outdoors in nature.
| Time outdoors/In nature | Home setting |
Work location |
Living arrangements |
Race |
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| All n = 507 (%) | Rural n = 121 (%) | Suburb/Small town n = 184 (%) | Urban n = 143 (%) | p+ | Remote N = 246 (%) | Hybrid N = 184 (%) | On campus N = 52 (%) | Other N = 6 (%) | p+ | Live alone N = 24 (%) | Live with others N = 483 (%) | p | Non-white N = 113 (%) | White N = 394 (%) | p | |
| Average time outdoors per week Fall 2020 | 0.014* | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||
| No days | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | ||||
| 1 day | 11 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 9.1 | ||||
| 2–3 days | 27 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 27 | ||||
| 4–6 days | 35 | 28 | 40 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 36 | 37 | 35 | ||||
| 7 days | 27 | 35 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 19 | 29 | ||||
| Staff spending 4+ days outdoors per week | 62 | 65 | 61 | 57 | 0.4 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 50 | 0.9 | 53 | 62 | 0.8 | 56 | 63 | 0.2 |
| Average time spent outdoors per outing Fall 2020 | n = 494 | 0.014* | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |||||||||||
| Less than 15 min | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2 | ||||
| 15–30 min | 17 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 50 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 15 | ||||
| 31 min – 1 h | 48 | 45 | 55 | 45 | 48 | 50 | 41 | 17 | 44 | 48 | 40 | 50 | ||||
| More than 1 h | 34 | 41 | 30 | 26 | 32 | 34 | 43 | 33 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 33 | ||||
| Staff spending 30+ min outdoors per outing | 81 | 87 | 85 | 71 | 0.009** | 84 | 84 | 50 | 80 | 0.6 | 75 | 81 | 0.8 | 75 | 83 | 0.13 |
| Time outdoors Spring 2020 (vs. Fall 2020) | n = 499 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||
| Less time | 16 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 33 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 20 | 15 | |||
| About the same time | 34 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 31 | 16 | 32 | 34 | ||||
| More time | 47 | 37 | 33 | 31 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 50 | 19 | 34 | 42 | 49 | ||||
| I don’t know | 2.6 | 45 | 52 | 45 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0 | 44 | 48 | 5.7 | 1.8 | ||||
| Time outdoors Fall 2019 (vs. Fall 2020) | n = 499 | 0.009** | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.13 | |||||||||||
| Less time | 40 | 55 | 32 | 36 | 41 | 52 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 40 | 32 | 42 | ||||
| About the same time | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 1.8 | ||||
| More time | 34 | 31 | 38 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 33 | 40 | 44 | 34 | 32 | 35 | ||||
| I don’t know | 24 | 13 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 31 | 22 | ||||
+Fisher’s exact test across groups; adjusted p-values.
p-values: *** p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05.