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Table 4 Associations between observed socio-demographic and park visitation characteristics and physical activity

From: How active are people in metropolitan parks? An observational study of park visitation in Australia

 

Sitting (n = 1168)

Standing (n = 1771)

Moderate (n = 1371)

Vigorous (n = 446)

χ2 (df)

Cramer’s V

p

Sex n (%)

       

 Male

455 (19.7)

901 (38.9)

702 (30.3)

258 (11.1)

66.125 (3)

0.118

<0.0005

 Female

713 (29.2)

870 (35.7)

669 (27.4)

188 (7.7)

   

Age group n (%)

       

 Child

244 (21.9)

235 (21.1)

448 (40.3)

185 (16.6)

303.000 (9)

0.146

<0.0005

 Teen

71 (20.1)

168 (47.6)

82 (23.2)

32 (9.1)

   

 Adult

621 (24.4)

1079 (42.5)

628 (24.7)

214 (8.4)

   

 Senior

232 (30.9)

289 (38.6)

213 (28.4)

15 (2.0)

   

Day of week n (%)

       

 Weekday

189 (23.1)

314 (38.3)

267 (32.6)

49 (5.9)

18.254 (3)

0.062

<0.0005

 Weekend day

979 (24.9)

1457 (37.0)

1104 (28.0)

397 (10.1)

   

Park n (%)

       

 Low SES

615 (25.9)

970 (40.9)

633 (26.7)

156 (6.6)

67.707 (3)

0.119

<0.0005

 High SES

553 (23.2)

801 (33.6)

738 (30.9)

290 (12.2)

   

Period of day n (%)

       

 Morning

0

22 (16.1)

78 (56.9)

37 (27.0)

272.829 (9)

0.138

<0.0005

 Mid-morning

219 (17.9)

397 (32.5)

450 (36.8)

157 (12.8)

   

 Midday

394 (27.3)

623 (43.1)

324 (22.4)

104 (7.2)

   

 Afternoon

555 (28.4)

729 (37.4)

519 (26.6)

148 (7.6)

   
  1. Chi-square tests of independence used to compare park visitor usage according to observed activity level
  2. P: bolded indicates significant associations