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Table 3 Child Physical Activity Information Needs by Child and Parent Characteristics among Children ages 11–17

From: Needs assessment for physical activity information during COVID-19 among a nationally representative sample of parents and children ages 6–17 in the United States: a cross-sectional study

  

Interest in information about being active during COVID-19

(% Yes)

“What kind of information would you want?” (% Yes)

Why it’s important to be active during COVID-19

How to avoid getting COVID-19 while doing PA

Online resources for doing PA

Ideas about PA you can do…

…alone

…inside

…outdoors

n

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Total

500

41.5 (36.5–46.7)

28.1 (23.7–33.1)

28.7 (24.2–33.6)

32.4 (27.8–37.5)

36.1 (31.3–41.2)

36.0 (31.2–41.1)

33.9 (29.2–39.0)

Child Characteristics

 Gender

  Male

252

42.0 (35.2–49.2)

28.1 (22.1–35.0)

28.7 (22.6–35.6)

31.7 (25.5–38.7)

36.0 (29.4–43.8)

37.0 (30.4–44.1)

33.1 (26.7–40.1)

  Female

239

41.1 (33.9–48.7)

27.8 (21.5–35.3)

28.3 (21.9–35.7)

33.0 (26.2–40.7)

36.1 (29.1–43.8)

35.6 (28.7–43.2)

34.7 (27.8–42.3)

 Non-binary

5

41.2 (2.8–94.5)

41.2 (2.8–94.5)

41.2 (2.8–94.5)

41.2 (2.8–94.5)

41.2 (2.8–94.5)

9.0 (0.3–77.1)

41.2 (2.8–94.5)

 School status

  In-person

96

34.5 (24.1–46.6)

16.9 (9.6–28.0)

17.7 (10.4–28.5)

27.0 (17.7–38.9)

28.5 (18.8–40.6)

32.9 (22.8–45.0)

29.9 (20.1–42.0)

  Remote

251

42.7 (35.7–50.0)

30.8 (24.5–37.9)

31.5 (25.2–38.6)

32.6 (26.1–39.7)

36.6 (29.9–43.9)

36.2 (29.5–43.5)

36.0 (29.3–43.2)

  Hybrid

153

43.7 (34.8–53.1)

30.5 (22.4–39.9)

30.6 (22.5–40.1)

35.4 (27.0–44.9)

39.7 (30.9–49.1)

37.5 (29.0–47.0)

33.0 (24.8–42.4)

 PA barriers

  Don’t like doing PA

186

33.6 (26.0–42.1)

23.3 (16.8–31.4)

22.9 (16.5–31.0)

26.9 (19.9–35.3)

32.1 (24.6–40.6)

28.5 (21.4–37.0)

27.4 (20.4–35.7)

  Don’t know what to do

179

41.9 (33.7–50.4)

27.2 (20.2–35.6)

28.4 (21.3–36.8)

31.8 (24.4–40.3)

35.6 (27.9–44.1)

36.8 (29.0–45.4)

35.2 (27.5–43.8)

  It’s not safe

111

55.2 (44.4–65.6)

50.2 (39.5–60.9)

50.3 (39.6–61.0)

45.2 (34.7–56.1)

46.5 (36.0–57.4)

50.5 (39.7–61.1)

45.0 (34.5–55.9)

  No one to play with

164

46.6 (37.6–55.8)

32.6 (24.4–42.1)

33.2 (24.9–42.5)

37.6 (29.1–47.0)

40.8 (32.1–50.2)

39.1 (30.4–48.4)

35.8 (27.4–45.1)

  Weather not good

238

44.9 (37.7–52.3)

32.0 (25.4–39.5)

32.7 (26.1–40.2)

40.7 (33.6–48.2)

40.6 (33.5–48.1)

41.7 (34.6–49.2)

37.9 (30.9–45.3)

  No equipment

121

48.4 (38.4–58.6)

37.3 (27.9–47.7)

35.6 (26.4–46.1)

41.3 (31.7–51.6)

42.2 (32.5–52.5)

45.9 (36.0–56.2)

37.0 (27.7–47.4)

  Worried about COVID

192

57.8 (49.5–65.6)

44.9 (36.9–53.2)

47.4 (39.4–55.6)

46.7 (38.7–55.0)

51.2 (43.1–59.3)

50.7 (42.6–58.9)

47.1 (39.0–55.3)

  Can’t access online resources

71

65.3 (51.8–76.7)

54.2 (40.9–67.0)

57.3 (43.9–69.7)

54.2 (40.8–67.0)

53.1 (39.8–66.0)

57.2 (43.8–69.6)

56.6 (43.2–69.1)

Parent Characteristics

 Gender

  Male

237

50.5 (42.8–58.2)

34.2 (27.1–42.1)

32.9 (25.8–40.8)

39.1 (31.7–47.1)

43.0 (35.5–51.0)

43.7 (36.1–51.6)

41.4 (33.9–49.4)

  Female

263

34.8 (28.6–41.5)

23.6 (18.3–29.9)

25.6 (20.1–31.9)

27.5 (21.8–34.0)

30.9 (25.0–37.5)

30.3 (24.5–36.9)

28.4 (22.6–34.9)

 Work Status

  Work full timea

267

48.6 (41.7–55.6)

32.3 (25.9–39.3)

35.5 (28.9–42.6)

38.0 (31.4–45.2)

40.7 (33.9–47.8)

41.3 (34.5–48.4)

40.4 (33.7–47.5)

  Work part-time

55

39.0 (25.1–54.9)

27.2 (16.0–42.3)

25.6 (14.6–41.0)

33.2 (20.4–49.1)

39.0 (25.1–54.9)

34.4 (21.1–50.7)

57.4 (15.9–43.2)

  Not working

178

31.5 (24.1–39.9)

22.2 (15.9–30.1)

19.3 (13.5–26.8)

23.7 (17.2–31.8)

28.3 (21.2–36.5)

28.5 (21.6–36.7)

26.0 (19.1–34.2)

 Working from home

  Yes, all the time

114

50.3 (40.1–60.6)

35.0 (25.7–45.6)

41.2 (31.4–51.8)

38.9 (29.3–49.5)

40.2 (30.5–50.8)

44.4 (34.3–54.9)

42.2 (32.3–52.7)

  Yes, sometimes

68

60.1 (46.0–72.6)

42.4 (29.2–56.8)

36.9 (24.4–51.4)

45.5 (32.1–59.7)

52.7 (38.8–66.2)

48.1 (34.4–62.1)

47.9 (34.2–61.9)

  No

140

36.3 (27.2–46.5)

21.6 (14.3–31.5)

25.0 (17.1–35.1)

30.8 (22.2–41.0)

33.4 (24.6–43.6)

31.5 (22.9–41.6)

29.0 (20.7–39.0)

 Parent Education

   ≤ High school

152

34.1 (26.0–43.3)

25.7 (18.5–34.5)

26.5 (19.2–35.3)

29.0 (21.4–38.1)

31.9 (24.0–41.1)

33.0 (25.0–42.2)

29.2 (21.6–38.1)

  Some college

167

41.8 (32.8–51.3)

30.1 (22.1–39.6)

25.8 (18.4–35.0)

32.9 (24.1–42.0)

38.1 (29.5–47.6)

37.5 (28.9–47.0)

32.1 (23.9–41.6)

  4-year college

109

42.2 (32.3–52.9)

25.4 (17.1–36.0)

28.9 (20.2–39.4)

32.7 (23.5–43.1)

36.9 (27.3–47.6)

34.5 (25.2–45.1)

33.2 (24.0–43.9)

  Post-graduate

72

56.9 (43.5–69.4)

35.4 (23.7–49.2)

38.5 (26.3–52.3)

40.3 (28.0–54.1)

40.8 (28.4–54.4)

43.1 (30.4–56.7)

49.4 (36.3–62.6)

 Urbanicity

  Big city

93

57.2 (45.3–68.3)

48.8 (37.3–60.4)

47.3 (35.9–58.9)

47.9 (36.5–59.5)

44.1 (33.0–55.8)

51.1 (39.4–62.5)

46.8 (35.5–58.5)

  Smaller city

78

36.9 (24.8–50.8)

22.6 (13.0–36.4)

26.1 (15.9–39.8)

31.2 (20.0–45.2)

36.4 (24.4–50.4)

26.2 (16.1–39.7)

27.9 (17.3–41.6)

  Suburban

177

43.5 (35.1–52.2)

28.4 (21.0–37.1)

30.2 (22.8–38.9)

32.1 (24.5–40.8)

38.0 (30.0–46.8)

39.0 (30.9–47.8)

35.5 (27.6–44.2)

  Small town

68

33.4 (21.8–47.5)

17.7 (9.2–31.4)

19.2 (10.3–33.0)

26.9 (16.3–41.0)

31.3 (20.0–45.3)

29.5 (18.5–43.6)

30.1 (19.0–44.2)

  Rural area

84

27.8 (17.8–40.7)

15.1 (8.2–26.2)

11.5 (5.9–21.5)

19.1 (10.6–31.8)

25.0 (15.4–38.0)

24.7 (15.3–37.2)

22.6 (13.4–35.6)

  1. PA physical activity, CI confidence intervals
  2. aOver 35 h/week