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. 2022 Jul 22;13:869122. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.869122

TABLE 2.

Time spent outdoors in nature.

Time outdoors/In nature Home setting
Work location
Living arrangements
Race
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.