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Table 4 High and increased physical activity after voucher use and associated personal/social factors

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

 

Prevalence among all children (n = 32,250)

Binomial comparisons from 32,250 children using 41,662 observations

Model 1 - Observations of children active ≥ 5 days per week (n = 24,268), compared to those active on < 5 days per week (n = 17,394) after voucher use

Model 2 - Observations from children who increased the number of days they achieve 60 min of physical activity (n = 12,853), compared to those who maintained same level (n = 24,711) or decreased (n = 4098) days achieving 60 min

%

Odds Ratio (95%CI)

Odds Ratio (95%CI)

Knows children’s physical activity guidelines

No

51.65

Ref

Ref

Yes

48.35

1.41 (1.35, 1.48)

0.90 (0.86, 0.95)

Adult achieves physical activity guidelines

No

75.41

Ref

Ref

Yes

24.59

1.73 (1.65, 1.82)

0.89 (0.84, 0.93)

Adult sport participation

0 sessions

45.06

Ref

Ref

1 session

14.62

0.88 (0.82, 0.93)

1.01 (0.95, 1.08)

2 sessions

13.55

0.94 (0.88, 1.00)

0.97 (0.91, 1.04)

3 sessions

10.86

1.01 (0.94, 1.08)

1.05 (0.98, 1.13)

4 sessions

6.46

1.08 (0.99, 1.18)

1.07 (0.98, 1.17)

5 sessions

4.80

1.40 (1.26, 1.55)

1.06 (0.96, 1.18)

6 sessions

2.02

1.35 (1.16, 1.58)

1.08 (0.93, 1.26)

7 sessions

1.41

1.55 (1.28, 1.88)

0.88 (0.72, 1.07)

8+ sessions

1.21

1.53 (1.24, 1.89)

0.78 (0.63, 0.98)

Child’s companions for physical activity at home in the past week*

No companion

11.52

Ref

Ref

Whole family together

58.54

0.88 (0.84, 0.92)

0.29 (0.27, 0.30)

Male adult carer

33.52

1.04 (1.00, 1.09)

0.34 (0.32, 0.36)

Female adult carer

32.65

1.21 (1.15, 1.26)

0.56 (0.54, 0.59)

Grandparents

22.56

1.02 (0.97, 1.08)

0.18 (0.16, 0.19)

Siblings

32.37

1.52 (1.45, 1.59)

1.76 (1.68, 1.84)

Relatives (e.g. cousins)

8.96

1.38 (1.28, 1.49)

1.31 (1.22, 1.42)

Friends

37.48

1.66 (1.59, 1.74)

2.41 (2.30, 2.52)

Ease/Difficulty of locating places for the child to be physically active

Difficult

9.64

Ref

Ref

Easy

90.36

1.65 (1.52, 1.79)

0.69 (0.64, 0.75)

The child finds being physically active fun

Disagree

1.88

Ref

Ref

Neither agree nor disagree

3.51

1.31 (1.09, 1.58)

0.97 (0.80, 1.16)

Agree

94.61

2.95 (2.53, 3.44)

1.02 (0.88, 1.19)

Self-efficacy to be active during free time

Disagree

4.52

Ref

Ref

Neither agree nor disagree

9.15

1.30 (1.16, 1.46)

1.16 (1.03, 1.30)

Agree

86.33

2.83 (2.56, 3.12)

1.05 (0.95, 1.16)

Self-efficacy to ask an adult (parent, carer) to be physically active with them

Disagree

5.01

Ref

Ref

Neither agree nor disagree

10.93

1.19 (1.07, 1.32)

0.84 (0.75, 0.94)

Agree

84.00

1.67 (1.53, 1.83)

0.76 (0.69, 0.83)

Self-efficacy to ask a friend to be physically active with them during their free time

Disagree

6.32

Ref

Ref

Neither agree nor disagree

10.61

1.27 (1.15, 1.40)

1.00 (0.90, 1.10)

Agree

83.07

1.86 (1.72, 2.02)

0.84 (0.77, 0.91)

Happiness

Unhappy

7.60

Ref

Ref

Neither happy nor unhappy

4.06

0.70 (0.62, 0.80)

10.98 (9.15, 13.18) **

Happy

88.35

1.39 (1.29, 1.49)

8.98 (7.69, 10.49) **

Full of energy

Never/Rarely

8.00

Ref

Ref

Quite often /Always

92.00

3.45 (3.12, 3.82)

1.32 (0.88, 1.97)

Feels lonely

Never/Rarely

92.05

Ref

Ref

Quite often /Always

7.95

0.49 (0.44, 0.55)

0.81 (0.73, 0.90)

Unable to concentrate

Never/Rarely

83.33

Ref

Ref

Quite often /Always

16.67

0.64 (0.59, 0.69)

0.87 (0.81, 0.94)

  1. * Participants could select all companions the child had for physical activity, **Due to a low number of children in the comparison group in this model, these values should be interpreted with caution