Table 2 Child participants’ characteristics
|  | N = 753 |
|---|---|
Child’s sex, n (%) | |
 Male | 387 (51.4) |
 Female | 366 (48.6) |
Child’s age (years) – mean [SD] | 8.8 [3.7] |
Residential location, n (%) | |
 Lives within 5 km of intervention park | 332 (44.1) |
 Lives within 5 km of control park | 421 (55.9) |
Adult education level, n (%) | |
 No formal qualifications | 47 (6.2) |
 Year12/apprentice/diploma | 219 (29.1) |
 University/higher | 487 (64.7) |
Adult employment status, n (%) | |
 Full-time work | 246 (32.7) |
 Part-time work or study | 284 (37.7) |
 Not working | 223 (29.6) |
Marital status, n (%) | |
 Married/de facto | 664 (88.4) |
 Separated/widowed/divorced | 66 (8.8) |
 Never married | 21 (2.8) |
Country of birth, n (%) | |
 Australia | 539 (71.7) |
 Other | 213 (28.3) |
Dog ownership, n (%) | 277 (36.8) |
Other child in household, n (%) | 597 (79.3) |
Child visits park without adult (i.e. alone or with friends/siblings), n (%) | 271 (36.0) |
Satisfaction with parks for child, n (%) | |
 Strongly disagree | 24 (3.2) |
 Disagree | 69 (9.2) |
 Neither agree nor disagree | 90 (12.0) |
 Agree | 391 (51.9) |
 Strongly agree | 179 (23.8) |
Child visited park in past 7 days, n (%) | 496 (65.9) |
Parks within walking distance for child, n (%) | 712 (94.6) |
Time child spent outside (minutes/week) - mean [SD], median [IQR] | 652.8 [462.9], |
|  | 540.0 [300.0–900.0] |
Days child met physical activity recommendations (5-15 yrs., n = 591) – mean [SD], median [IQR] | 4.2 [2.0], 4.0 [3.0–6.0] |