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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample

From: The association between the parental perception of the physical neighborhood environment and children’s location-specific physical activity

 

Overall samplea

Public recreation facilitiesb

Gardenb

Neighborhoodb

N

563

463

460

504

Child mean age (yr) (mean ± SD)

10.09 ± 0.9

10.90 ± 0.9

10.90 ± 0.9

10.92 ± 0.9

Gender

    

Girls (%)

53.9

54.2

54.6

53.8

Boys (%)

46.1

45.8

45.4

46.2

Family SES

    

Low family SES (%)

36.3

33.7

34.6

34.3

High family SES (%)

63.7

66.3

65.4

65.7

Public recreation spaces PAc

    

≤1 time per month (%)

51.7

51.8

  

>1 time per month (%)

48.3

48.2

  

PA in the gardenc

    

≤10 times per month (%)

45.9

 

39.4

 

>10 times per month(%)

54.1

 

60.6

 

Neighborhood PAc

    

≤1.5 times per month (%)

48.4

  

49.2

>1.5 times per month (%)

51.6

  

50.8

Having a garden at home

    

Yes (%)

82.2

 

85.4

 

No (%)

17.2

 

14.6

 
  1. SD standard deviation, SES socio-economic status, PA physical activity
  2. achildren whose parents filled out the questionnaire were included
  3. bchildren included in the final model of the analyses concerning PA in public recreation facilities, in the garden and in the neighborhood
  4. ccutpoint corresponds to the median