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Table 3 Changes in child participation in organised team and individual sports and redemption of the Active Kids voucher – adjusted for child gender, class year and socio-economic status where applicable

From: Evaluation of a voucher scheme to increase child physical activity in participants of a school physical activity trial in the Hunter region of Australia

Participants

Participation in organised team / individual sport

Redeemed AKa voucher

Odds Ratiob

(95% Confidence Intervals)

Did not redeem AKa voucher

Odds Ratiob

(95% Confidence Intervals)

Relative Odds Ratio

(95% Confidence Intervals)

p-value

All children (n = 511)

Team

1.58 [1.03;2.42]

0.51 [0.26;0.99]

3.11 [1.41;6.87]

0.009*

Individual

0.70 [0.48;1.02]

0.61 [0.31;1.18]

1.16 [0.54;2.48]

0.68

Males (n = 259)

Team

1.45 [0.73;2.86]

0.71 [0.25;2.05]

2.03 [0.58;7.16]

0.24

Individual

0.68 [0.42;1.11]

0.63 [0.22;1.84]

1.08 [0.33;3.49]

0.89

Females (n = 248)

Team

1.70 [0.95;3.03]

0.39 [0.16;0.95]

4.40 [1.51;12.84]

0.012*

Individual

0.73 [0.40;1.33]

0.59 [0.25;1.41]

1.23 [0.43;3.52]

0.68

Low active childrenc (n = 56)

Team

1.77 [0.41;7.69]

0.79 [0.16;3.98]

2.24 [0.25;19.92]

0.41

Individual

0.67 [0.20;2.28]

0.35 [0.07;1.67]

1.94 [0.26;14.17]

0.46

High active childrend (n = 454)

Team

1.56 [0.96;2.54]

0.44 [0.19;0.99]

3.56 [1.37;9.23]

0.016*

Individual

0.70 [0.46;1.08]

0.71 [0.32;1.58]

1.00 [0.40;2.48]

0.99

Low SES childrene (n = 143)

Team

1.30 [0.54;3.12]

0.35 [0.09;1.36]

3.73 [0.74;18.87]

0.09

Individual

0.95 [0.43;2.10]

1.00 [0.28;3.57]

0.95 [0.21;4.25]

0.93

High SES childrenf (n = 104)

Team

1.00 [0.28;3.61]

1.50 [0.32;7.13]

0.67 [0.09;5.01]

0.64

Individual

0.74 [0.28;1.92]

1.00 [0.16;6.07]

0.74 [0.10;5.68]

0.73

  1. aActive Kids
  2. bOdds ratio from baseline to follow-up
  3. cChildren not meeting physical activity guideline of minimum 60 min per day
  4. dChildren who meet the physical activity guideline of minimum 60 min
  5. eChildren in the bottom 20% of participants according to SEIFA ranking
  6. fChildren in the top 20% of participants according to SEIFA ranking
  7. *Statistically Significant