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Table 4 Associations between parental perceptions of the neighborhood environment and children’s moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity before and after school, and on the weekend

From: Perceived and objective neighborhood support for outside of school physical activity in South African children

Perceptions

MVPA

Before

After

Weekend

β (SE)a

P-value for main effect

P-value for SES interaction

β (SE)a

P-value for main effect

P-value for SES interaction

β (SE)a

P-value for main effect

P-value for SES interaction

Unsafe neighborhood

−0.7 (0.10)

0.485

0.703

−0.37 (0.42)

0.383

0.649

−0.73 (0.76)

0.339

0.907

Traffic safety

0.14 (0.17)

0.430

0.511

−0.32 (0.70)

0.644

0.599

−0.81 (1.28)

0.526

0.807

Walkability

0.13 (0.11)

0.241

0.184

0.70 (0.43)

0.105

0.138

0.61 (0.79)

0.438

0.358

Social cohesion

−0.05 (0.04)

0.205

0.954

−0.01 (0.17)

0.955

0.927

−0.06 (0.31)

0.853

0.795

Availability of PA facilitiesb

1.50 (0.51)

0.003

0.005

0.96 (2.26)

0.672

0.926

−1.57 (4.18)

0.706

0.244

  1. Data reported as beta coefficient and SE
  2. PA physical activity, MVPA moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity, SES socio-economic status
  3. aAssociations between each independent variable and the dependent variable, adjusted for child age and sex, SES, and clustering by school
  4. bNumber of PA facilities within a ~10 min walk from home. Values in bold indicate significance (p < 0.05)