Table 3

Mean length of time (mins) per child (across the four study days) spent in bouts of MVPA and standard deviation, according to location relative to neighbourhood boundaries and land use type.

Gender

Home Location

Total

(n = 100)

Boys

(n = 47)

Girls

(n = 53)

Urban

(n = 68)

Rural

(n = 32)

Neighbourhoods*

Inside neighbourhood

34.9, SD 34.7

(60.4%)

16.0, SD 22.3

(67.0%)

25.7, SD 27.1

(65.0%)

23.1, SD 35.4

(57.2%)

24.9, SD 30.1

(62.5%)

Outside neighbourhood

22.9, SD 33.3

(39.6%)

7.9, SD 13.0

(33.0%)

13.8, SD 26.8

(35.0%)

17.3, SD 22.8

(42.8%)

14.9, SD 25.7

(37.5%)

Land use**

Buildings

4.1, SD 6.9

(7.0%)

1.7, SD 8.1

(6.9%)

3.4, SD 7.0

(8.6%)

1.5, SD 2.9

(3.7%)

2.8, SD 6.0

(7.0%)

Other built land use

6.5, SD 11.5

(11.3%)

4.6, SD 10.3

(19.4%)

6.5, SD 11.6

(16.4%)

3.5, SD 8.1

(8.6%)

5.5, SD 10.7

(13.9%)

Roads and pavements

10.4, SD 14.5

(18.0%)

4.9, SD 8.2

(20.6%)

7.9, SD 11.0

(20.0%)

6.7, SD 12.9

(16.5%)

7.5, SD 11.7

(18.9%)

Gardens

14.6, SD 21.0

(25.4%)

5.1, SD 9.5

(21.4%)

11.0, SD 15.5

(27.6%)

6.6, SD 17.6

(16.4%)

9.6, SD 16.5

(24.0%)

Parks

3.8, SD 11.2

(6.6%)

2.1, SD 9.3

(8.8%)

2.3, SD 8.9

(5.8%)

4.2, SD 11.6

(10.4%)

2.9, SD 10.0

(7.3%)

Farmland

9.3, SD 19.9

(16.0%)

2.0, SD 6.8

(8.2%)

3.8, SD 12.4

(9.6%)

8.8, SD 18.1

(21.9%)

5.4, SD 14.8

(13.6%)

Grassland

7.5, SD 17.4

(12.9%)

2.3, SD 5.2

(9.5%)

3.6, SD 5.7

(9.0%)

7.1, SD 20.0

(17.7%)

4.7, SD 12.7

(11.8%)

Woodland

1.5, SD 2.9

(2.6%)

0.9, SD 2.9

(3.9%)

1.1, SD 2.9

(2.8%)

1.4, SD 2.6

(3.5%)

1.2, SD 2.8

(3.0%)

Beaches

0.1, SD 0.8

(0.2%)

0.3, SD 2.7

(1.3%)

0.1, SD 0.6

(0.2%)

0.5, SD 2.8

(1.3%)

0.2, SD 1.7

(0.5%)

Column percentages are given in brackets.

SD = Standard deviation. Statistically significant difference between boys and girls, and urban and rural children at *p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.001

Jones et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009 6:42   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-6-42