How active are people in metropolitan parks? An observational study of park visitation in Australia

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Park visitor characteristics

Park visitor characteristics	n (total n = 4756)	Percent
Sex
Male	2316	48.7
Female	2440	51.3
Age
Child (1-12 years)	1112	23.4
Teen (13-20 years)	353	7.4
Adult (21-59 years)	2542	53.4
Senior (60+ years)	749	15.7
Physical activity level
Lying/sitting	1168	24.6
Standing	1771	37.2
Moderate	1371	28.8
Vigorous	446	9.4
Day of week
Weekday	819	17.2
Weekend day	3937	87.3
Park
Low SES	2374	49.9
High SES	2382	50.1
Period of day
Morning^a	137	2.9
Mid-morning^a	1223	25.7
Midday^a	1445	30.4
Afternoon^a	1951	41.0

^aMorning included 2 observation periods on weekdays (7.30 am & 8.30 am) and 1 observation period on weekend days (8.30 am); mid-morning included 3 observation periods (9.30 am, 10.30 am & 11.30 am), midday included 2 observation periods (12.30 pm & 1.30 pm), afternoon included 3 observation periods (2.30 pm, 3.30 pm & 4.30 pm)

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