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Table 1 School-level demographic information and recess characteristics

From: A natural experiment to assess recess frequency on children’s physical activity in Arizona (U.S.) elementary schools

School

School-Level Information

 

Enrollment: Total (#)

Enrollment: Boys (%)

Enrollment: Girls (%)

Enrollment: 3rd Grade

# Devices Worn

Income: FRPM eligibility (%)

Average

-

739.0(251.3)

49.5(2.9)

50.5(2.9)

85.5(24.7)

35.5(4.9)

39.7(31.8)

1

2

3

4

K-8

1024

46.6

53.4

118

35

24.0

PK-6

570

51.6

48.4

81

42

19.1

PK-6

490

47.8

52.2

58

35

28.6

PK-8

872

52.6

47.4

85

30

86.9

School

Recess Environment

# Recesses Per Day

# Recesses Observed

# SOPLAY Observations1

# Target Areas

Equipment (%)2

Organized Activity (%)2

Temperature (F°)

Average

1

2

3

4

-

22

137

-

45.9(27.8)

17.0(23.9)

86.0

1

4

24

5

29.1

7.9

86.0

2

8

50

4

47.6

22.6

81.6

2

7

51

4

58.8

11.5

91.3

1

3

12

7

42.0

20.0

74.0

  1. Note: FRPM = Free-or-reduced priced meals where ≤ 25% indicates low poverty; 25.1–50% indicates mid-low poverty; 50.1–75% indicates mid-high poverty; >75% indicates high poverty [64]. 1Represents observations of complete playground (total scans were divided by the number of target areas at each playground) 2Item on a scale where 0 = “Never” to 1 = “Always”, converted to percent