Table 2: Frequency of schoolchildren using places for PAAL according to perceived distances from the places to home. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2012-2013.
Frequency of use of places for PAAL | Perceived distance from home in time walking (minutes) | P-value* | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 - 10 | 11 - 20 | > 21 | |||||
Uses beaches (n = 2,069) | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Yes | 300 | 67.2 | 150 | 42.6 | 277 | 23.2 | < 0.000 |
No | 174 | 32.8 | 210 | 57.4 | 958 | 76.8 | |
Uses parks/ playgrounds (n = 1,826) | |||||||
Yes | 378 | 48.1 | 139 | 32.6 | 114 | 16.2 | < 0.000 |
No | 395 | 51.9 | 279 | 67.4 | 521 | 83.8 | |
Uses sports courts (n = 1,505) | |||||||
Yes | 538 | 75.4 | 257 | 68.2 | 232 | 50.9 | < 0.000 |
No | 159 | 24.6 | 113 | 31.8 | 206 | 49.1 | |
Uses football pitches (n = 1,237) | |||||||
Yes | 326 | 59.4 | 160 | 49.1 | 147 | 36.0 | < 0.000 |
No | 208 | 40.6 | 145 | 50.9 | 251 | 64.0 |
*Tendency from chi-square test.