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Table 3 Contribution of the Active Kids voucher to weekly time doing structured physical activity

From: Effects of the Active Kids voucher program on children and adolescents’ physical activity: a natural experiment evaluating a state-wide intervention

  

Hours per week doing structured physical activity (voucher and non-voucher activity) n = 35,297 x̄ Hours (95%CI)

Voucher activity contribution to total weekly minutes n = 27,737 x̄ Contribution (95%CI)

Sex

Male

6.33 (5.71, 6.95)

43.80% (41.64, 45.97)

Female

6.43 (5.81, 7.06)

43.15% (40.98, 45.33)

Age group

4–8 years

3.39 (2.51, 4.28)

42.65% (39.59, 45.69)

9–11 years

5.48 (4.59, 6.37)

42.51% (39.45, 45.57)

12–14 years

7.29 (6.40, 8.18)

43.37% (40.31, 46.44)

15–18 years

7.90 (6.99, 8.81)

44.93% (41.82, 48.03)

Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander

No

5.42 (4.55, 6.30)

42.85% (39.85, 45.85)

Yes

6.03 (5.11, 6.96)

45.53% (42.35, 48.71)

Primary language spoken at home

English

6.52 (5.64, 7.39)

42.47% (39.47, 45.49)

Language other than English

5.51 (4.60, 6.42)

44.24% (41.10, 47.39)

Identified disability

No

6.55 (5.82, 7.28)

42.02% (39.47, 44.56)

Yes

5.75 (4.93, 6.57)

43.44% (40.59, 46.32)

Socio-economic status

1st Quartile Most Disadvantaged

6.55 (5.54, 7.57)

45.63% (42.11, 49.16)

2nd Quartile

6.15 (5.14, 7.16)

44.62% (41.10, 48.11)

3rd Quartile

6.16 (5.15, 7.17)

44.20% (40.69, 47.69)

4th Quartile Least Disadvantaged

5.95 (4.94, 6.96)

40.88% (37.35, 44.40)

Location

Major city

6.12 (5.18, 7.07)

42.73% (39.53, 45.93)

Inner regional

5.67 (4.72, 6.63)

42.71% (39.47, 45.97)

Outer regional and remote

5.57 (4.58, 6.57)

41.58% (38.20, 44.97)

Body Mass Index

Thin

5.90 (4.98, 6.81)

43.31% (40.15, 46.46)

Healthy weight

6.05 (5.16, 6.94)

42.17% (39.14, 41.26)

Overweight

6.02 (5.11, 6.92)

42.69% (39.57, 45.81)

Obese

6.33 (5.39, 7.28)

44.70% (41.46, 47.93)

Achieving Physical Activity guidelines

No

5.40 (4.52, 6.28)

43.52% (40.43, 46.62)

Yes

6.63 (5.73, 7.52)

41.24% (38.10, 44.38)

  1. Holm’s Sequential Bonferroni adjustment to estimated means and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) were made