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Table 3 Amount and proportion of time in SB 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 SB (in minutes)

Home

83

529.7 (255.0 - 798.5)

38

538.3 (333.0 - 683.3)

45

470.3 (226.8 - 846.5)

0.776

Own school

83

597.7 (509.0 - 731.7)

38

584.1 (477.2 - 724.7)

45

600.2 (533.3 - 749.2)

0.358

Other school

83

46.7 (4.7 - 87.3)

38

45.8 (25.2 - 82.3)

45

46.7 (2.0 - 89.2)

0.061

Park

83

15.7 (1.7 - 57.8)

38

6.0 (0.0 - 24.3)

45

47.7 (8.7 - 76.8)

<0.001

Sport

83

8.5 (0.0 - 52.0)

38

7.1 (0.0 - 46.2)

45

10.2 (0.0 - 70.0)

<0.001

Street

83

234.5 (173.3 - 378.2)

38

193.9 (123.2 - 313.5)

45

304.3 (207.5 - 397.0)

0.015

Other

83

206.5 (130.5 - 304.2)

38

216.0 (131.2 - 342.5)

45

198.3 (130.5 - 287.5)

0.011

Outside

83

26.5 (0.0 - 129.8)

38

16.2 (0.0 - 117.8)

45

34.3 (0.0 - 147.3)

0.901

Proportion of time in SB (in %)

Home

83

60.0 (52.4 - 64.5)

38

59.1 (53.3 - 63.9)

45

61.4 (51.5 - 65.7)

0.775

Own school

83

51.7 (47.8 - 56.6)

38

50.7 (46.1 - 54.7)

45

52.8 (49.4 - 57.4)

0.664

Other school

81

41.2 (30.8 - 55.1)

38

48.4 (30.8 - 64.0)

43

38.0 (30.0 - 50.6)

<0.001

Park

78

37.6 (25.9 - 52.2)

34

30.9 (18.5 - 55.7)

44

40.2 (28.0 - 51.2)

0.609

Sport

75

42.5 (21.3 - 62.4)

34

40.6 (21.3 - 56.8)

41

45.5 (22.2 - 69.4)

0.499

Street

83

46.0 (39.9 - 49.7)

38

45.2 (40.6 - 50.1)

45

46.0 (39.1 - 49.6)

0.975

Other

83

50.3 (43.4 - 58.0)

38

49.2 (42.8 - 55.9)

45

51.7 (45.7 - 58.8)

0.204

Outside

51

52.5 (42.0 - 68.2)

22

61.9 (48.9 - 75.2)

29

48.3 (42.0 - 61.8)

<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, SB sedentary behaviour