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Table 1 Comparison of ethnicity, parental education, free lunch, transportation, neighborhood PA resources and CSA activity level by home alone categories

From: The relationship between unsupervised time after school and physical activity in adolescent girls

Variable

Time spent home alone after school hours per weekday × days per week

Significance#

 

*0

1–2

2 or more

 

Ethnicity; % (n)

(n = 615)

(n = 638)

(n = 305)

P < 0.001

African American

21.4

(132)

15.0

(96)

37.7

(115)

 

White

45.7

(281)

51.5

(329)

28.8

(88)

 

Hispanic

21.3

(131)

22.1

(141)

21.3

(65)

 

Other

11.5

(71)

11.2

(72)

12.1

(37)

 

Father's Education; % (n)

(n = 574)

(n = 595)

(n = 287)

P < 0.001

<High school

6.8

(39)

6.2

(37)

12.9

(37)

 

= High school

13.1

(75)

13.3

(79)

11.1

(32)

 

>High school

39.7

(228)

44.4

(264)

31.7

(91)

 

Unknown

40.4

(232)

36.1

(215)

44.3

(127)

 

Mother's Education; % (n)

(n = 574)

(n = 595)

(n = 285)

P = 0.36

<High school

7.1

(41)

6.9

(41)

8.7

(25)

 

= High school

15.5

(89)

14.1

(84)

15.8

(45)

 

>High school

44.4

(255)

50.8

(302)

44.6

(127)

 

Unknown

32.9

(189)

28.2

(168)

30.9

(88)

 

Free Lunch; % (n)

(n = 613)

(n = 631)

(n = 301)

P < 0.001

Yes

40.9

(251)

36.9

(233)

55.1

(166)

 

No

46.5

(285)

49.6

(313)

34.9

(105)

 

Do not know

12.6

(77)

13.5

(85)

9.9

(30)

 

Neighborhood Resources mean, (SD)

0.58

(0.22)

0.58

(0.21)

0.55

(0.20)

P = .31

Transportation resources. mean, (SD)

0.81

(0.21)

0.75

(.20)

0.72

(0.22)

P < .0001

Minutes of Moderate-Vigorous Activity Level after School (bell to 6 pm)* mean, (SD)

7.6

(6.7)

8.1

(7.4)

8.5

(7.3)

P = 0.04

  1. *Accelerometer data – the week day average number of minutes of MVPA above the 1500 count cut point from bell-6pm.
  2. # Test of significance across the three groups.