Recess physical activity and school-related social factors in Finnish primary and lower secondary schools: cross-sectional associations

Table 3 Pearson’s correlation coefficients for the study variables for boys (upper triangle) and for girls (lower triangle) in primary and lower secondary schools

	1	2	3	4	5
Primary school
1 PA at recess		0.07	0.15**	0.16**	0.12*
2 Overall PA	0.28**		0.15**	0.05	-0.01
3 Peer relationships at school	0.14*	0.03		0.73**	0.35**
4 Relatedness to school	0.20**	0.02	0.71**		0.34**
5 School climate	0.14*	0.00	0.58**	0.58**
Lower secondary school
1 PA at recess		0.24**	0.13**	0.09	0.02
2 Overall PA	0.04		0.27**	0.32**	0.12*
3 Peer relationships at school	0.11*	0.13**		0.61**	0.49**
4 Relatedness to school	0.06	0.19**	0.58**		0.51**
5 School climate	0.03	0.11*	0.49**	0.51**

Note: PA = physical activity. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.

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