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

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Relationship between objective measurements of the neighborhood environment and children’s moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity before and after school, and on the weekends

Objective measurements	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 (crime rates)	−0.53 (0.34)	0.121	0.582	−2.72 (1.35)	0.044	0.021	−2.44 (2.43)	0.315	0.661
Traffic risk (motor vehicle accidents)	−0.35 (0.33)	0.288	0.379	−2.63 (1.26)	0.038	0.048	−1.89 (2.26)	0.404	0.831
Availability of PA facilities^b	−0.06 (0.05)	0.267	0.935	−0.03 (0.21)	0.893	0.288	−0.44 (0.38)	0.248	0.090

Data reported as beta coefficient and SE
PA physical activity, MVPA moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity, SES socio-economic status
^aAssociations between each independent variable and the dependent variable, adjusted for child age and sex, SES, and clustering by school
^bThe actual number of PA facilities within 500 m from home objectively measured using Geographic Information Systems. Values in bold indicate significance (p < 0.05)

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