Table 1 Case characteristics regarding the study target group; middle and senior block students
From: Activating schoolyards: study design of a quasi-experimental schoolyard intervention study
Case | Geographical area | School type | No. on roll | Parents income range* | Share with a non-Danish ethnicity (%) | Size of school-yard (m2) | Size of school-yard per child (m2) | No. of play facilities | Recess periods + duration (min.) | No. of duty teachers | Outdoor recess policy | Mobile phone during recess | Recess PA initiatives |
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1 | Region Zealand | Urban | 457 | - | 20 | 6888 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 3 | No | Yes | Play patrol*** |
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2** | Capital Region | Urban | 174 | < Average income | 25 | 3902 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 4 | No | Yes | Play patrol |
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Capital Region | Urban | 424 | < Average income | 14 | 6767 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | Yes (middle block during summer) | Yes | Â | |
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3 | Region North | Rural | 418 | > Average income | 0 | 59333 | 142 | 16 | 20 | 4 | Yes (middle block) | Yes | Â |
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4 | Region North | Urban | 406 | > Average income | 14 | 33415 | 82 | 20 | 30 | 5 | Yes (middle block) | Yes | Play patrol Sports hall use |
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5 | Central Denmark | Rural | 186 | < Average income | 1 | 13311 | 72 | 11 | 30 | 2 | No | Yes | Teacher initiated activities |
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6 | Southern Denmark | Rural | 59 | > Average income | 3 | 26314 | 120 | 27 | 10 | 4 | Yes | No | Play patrol Sports hall use |
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7 | Region Zealand | Rural | 45 | > Average income | 0 | 6747 | 73 | 13 | 15 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Play patrol |
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5 |