|  | Child Sex |  |  | Child Age |  |  | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Male | Female |  |  | 5–8 yr | 9–13 yr |  |  | |
Types of Physical Activity | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | p | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | p |
Sports practice/training | 41 (19.4) | 26 (26.0) | 15 (13.5) | 5.24 | .022 | 26 (22.0) | 15 (16.1) | 1.16 | 0.299 |
Activity classes/lessons | 40 (19.0) | 13 (13.0) | 27 (24.3) | 4.39 | .036 | 28 (23.7) | 12 (12.9) | 3.97 | 0.053 |
Free play/unstructured phy. Act. | 189 (90.0) | 89 (89.9) | 100 (90.1) | < 0.01 | .963 | 114 (97.4) | 75 (80.6) | 16.23 | < 0.001 |
Jogging/running | 43 (20.4) | 20 (20.0) | 23 (20.7) | 0.02 | .897 | 25 (21.2) | 18 (19.4) | 0.11 | 0.743 |
Biking | 81 (38.4) | 35 (35.0) | 46 (41.1) | 0.92 | .337 | 57 (48.3) | 24 (25.8) | 11.13 | < 0.001 |
Swimming | 18 (8.5) | 12 (12.0) | 6 (5.4) | 2.93 | .087 | 12 (10.2) | 6 (6.5) | 0.92 | 0.458 |
Going for a walk | 115 (54.5) | 53 (53.0) | 62 (55.9) | 0.17 | .677 | 67 (56.8) | 48 (51.6) | 0.56 | 0.488 |
Circuit training/conditioning | 9 (4.3) | 6 (6.0) | 3 (2.7) | 1.40 | .237 | 2 (1.7) | 7 (7.5) | 4.33 | 0.045 |
Weightlifting | 5 (2.4) | 3 (3.0) | 2 (1.8) | 0.33 | .568 | 2 (1.7) | 3 (3.2) | 0.53 | 0.656 |
Other | 12 (7.3) | 8 (9.6) | 4 (4.9) | 1.34 | .248 | 3 (3.4) | 9 (11.8) | 4.28 | 0.067 |