From: Physical education environment and student physical activity levels in low-income communities
Elementary school | Middle school | High school | |||||||
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MVPA < 50% | MVPA ≥ 50% | MVPA < 50% | MVPA ≥ 50% | MVPA < 50% | MVPA ≥ 50% | ||||
n (%) | n (%) | p | n (%) | n (%) | p | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
PE class | 792 (57) | 594 (43) | 165 (65) | 90 (35) | 166 (39) | 256 (61) | |||
Gradea | 0.12 | 0.06 | NA | ||||||
Lowest | 222 (54) | 190 (46) | 47 (72) | 18 (28) | NA | NA | |||
Middle | 318 (60) | 208 (40) | 75 (68) | 36 (32) | NA | NA | |||
Highest | 252 (56) | 196 (44) | 43 (54) | 36 (46) | NA | NA | |||
Lesson location | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.88 | ||||||
Outdoor | 42 (25) | 123 (75) | 18 (38) | 30 (62) | 15 (41) | 22 (59) | |||
Indoor | 750 (61) | 471 (39) | 147 (71) | 60 (29) | 151 (39) | 234 (61) | |||
M ± SD | M ± SD | p | M ± SD | M ± SD | p | M ± SD | M ± SD | p | |
Male students observed, n | 2.0 ± 0.8 | 2.1 ± 0.8 | 0.23 | 2.2 ± 0.9 | 2.1 ± 0.9 | 0.58 | 2.1 ± 0.9 | 2.4 ± 0.9 | < 0.05 |
Class size (# students), n | 22 ± 8 | 22 ± 7 | 0.65 | 41 ± 25 | 55 ± 31 | < 0.01 | 35 ± 15 | 37 ± 21 | 0.33 |
Students per teacher, n | 20 ± 6 | 21 ± 6 | 0.11 | 32 ± 17 | 34 ± 23 | 0.45 | 32 ± 12 | 31 ± 15 | 0.24 |
Actual length of PE class, min | 31 ± 5 | 32 ± 5 | < 0.01 | 40 ± 14 | 42 ± 20 | 0.35 | 41 ± 11 | 41 ± 14 | 0.85 |
In-class PA promotion, % | 16 ± 17 | 23 ± 22 | < 0.01 | 6 ± 10 | 26 ± 22 | < 0.01 | 4 ± 7 | 13 ± 15 | < 0.01 |
General content, % | 36 ± 15 | 23 ± 10 | < 0.01 | 37 ± 16 | 23 ± 10 | < 0.01 | 29 ± 15 | 21 ± 10 | < 0.01 |
Knowledge content, % | 17 ± 11 | 11 ± 9 | < 0.01 | 5 ± 9 | 8 ± 7 | < 0.01 | 3 ± 6 | 3 ± 4 | 0.34 |
Motor content, % | 48 ± 16 | 66 ± 14 | < 0.01 | 58 ± 17 | 69 ± 11 | < 0.01 | 69 ± 17 | 76 ± 12 | < 0.01 |
Fitness, % | 19 ± 19 | 33 ± 21 | < 0.01 | 15 ± 12 | 36 ± 22 | < 0.01 | 24 ± 24 | 32 ± 28 | < 0.01 |
Skill practice, % | 12 ± 17 | 9 ± 15 | < 0.01 | 7 ± 16 | 12 ± 20 | < 0.05 | 5 ± 14 | 2 ± 11 | 0.07 |
Game play, % | 12 ± 17 | 18 ± 18 | < 0.01 | 34 ± 28 | 16 ± 20 | < 0.01 | 29 ± 29 | 31 ± 30 | 0.53 |
Other, % | 5 ± 15 | 5 ± 17 | 0.49 | 3 ± 11 | 4 ± 16 | 0.41 | 10 ± 7 | 11 ± 8 | 0.62 |