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Table 3 Associations between observed socio-demographic park visitation characteristics and the four age groups

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

 

Child (n = 1112)

Teen (n = 353)

Adult (n = 2542)

Senior (n = 749)

χ2 (df)

Cramer’s V

p

Sex n (%)

       

 Male

572 (24.7)

174 (7.5)

1196 (51.6)

374 (16.2)

6.616 (3)

0.037

0.085

 Female

540 (22.1)

179 (7.3)

1346 (55.2)

375 (15.4)

   

Day of week n (%)

       

 Weekday

183 (22.3)

194 (23.7)

316 (38.68)

126 (15.4)

394.092 (3)

0.288

<0.0005

 Weekend day

929 (23.6)

159 (4.0)

2226 (56.5)

623 (15.8)

   

Park n (%)

       

 Low SES

434 (18.3)

188 (7.9)

1325 (55.8)

427 (18.0)

74.333 (3)

0.125

<0.0005

 High SES

678 (28.5)

165 (6.9)

1217 (51.1)

322 (13.5)

   

Period of day n (%)

       

 Morning

0

36 (26.3)

72 (52.6)

29 (21.2)

185.003 (9)

0.114

<0.0005

 Mid-morning

232 (19.0)

116 (9.5)

744 (60.8)

131 (10.7)

   

 Midday

387 (26.8)

75 (5.2)

751 (51.9)

232 (16.1)

   

 Afternoon

493 (25.3)

126 (6.5)

975 (50.0)

357 (18.3)

   
  1. Chi-square tests of independence used to compare park visitor usage according to observed age group
  2. P: bolded indicates significant associations