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Table 2 Amount and proportion of time in MVPA across the eight settings, in total and by district

From: Spatial physical activity patterns among primary school children living in neighbourhoods of varying socioeconomic status: a cross-sectional study using accelerometry and Global Positioning System

 

Total

Low-SES

High-SES

 

n

Median (IQR)

n

Median (IQR)

n

Median (IQR)

p-value*

Amount of MVPA (in minutes)

Home

83

57.3 (32.2 - 91.8)

38

66.3 (38.7 - 105.3)

45

47.2 (31.5 - 76.7)

0.806

Own school

83

121.5 (86.2 - 184.3)

38

125.2 (90.7 - 189.2)

45

118.3 (85.3 - 163.2)

0.160

Other school

83

13.0 (3.3 - 28.2)

38

10.8 (4.8 - 22.0)

45

16.2 (3.2 - 33.2)

<0.001

Park

83

9.3 (1.5 - 29.5)

38

3.3 (0.5 - 12.8)

45

18.2 (5.3 - 48.7)

<0.001

Sport

83

4.3 (0.3 - 21.3)

38

1.1 (0.3 - 22.5)

45

6.7 (0.3 - 20.3)

<0.001

Street

83

90.5 (56.0 - 127.0)

38

69.3 (42.7 - 111.2)

45

102.8 (72.0 - 135.7)

<0.001

Other

83

42.5 (24.7 - 78.7)

38

56.4 (30.5 - 93.5)

45

35.2 (20.2 - 64.8)

0.024

Outside

83

3.3 (0.0 - 19.5)

38

0.1 (0.0 - 10.5)

45

5.5 (0.0 - 30.0)

<0.001

Proportion of time in MVPA (in %)

Home

83

6.3 (4.8 - 9.3)

38

6.9 (5.1 - 9.3)

45

5.9 (4.7 - 8.5)

0.166

Own school

83

10.0 (8.1 - 13.4)

38

10.1 (8.1 - 13.4)

45

10.0 (8.2 - 13.1)

0.092

Other school

83

15.4 (7.1 - 23.8)

38

10.4 (6.4 - 19.4)

45

17.8 (10.7 - 25.0)

<0.001

Park

79

17.3 (7.2 - 25.8)

35

16.5 (7.0 - 25.8)

44

18.2 (10.7 - 24.8)

0.601

Sport

78

15.4 (5.9 - 33.1)

35

16.7 (5.4 - 29.6)

43

14.2 (6.4 - 36.4)

0.493

Street

83

15.7 (11.7 - 19.7)

38

15.2 (10.5 - 18.3)

45

15.9 (12.9 - 19.7)

0.328

Other

83

11.1 (7.8 - 15.6)

38

12.6 (7.4 - 16.1)

45

10.6 (8.6 - 12.8)

0.111

Outside

51

8.4 (3.2 - 16.1)

22

4.5 (1.7 - 11.3)

29

11.7 (5.6 - 17.5)

<0.001

  1. Bold: significant difference at p < 0.05
  2. *p-values are calculated from F-test based on Sattethwaite’s or Kenward-Roger approximation
  3. IQR interquartile range, MVPA moderate to vigorous physical activity