School playgrounds and physical activity policies as predictors of school and home time activity

Table 1 Characteristics of the schools

School	Roll	School decile¹	Response rate (%)	Number consented	Number measured	Playground counts	PA policy
1	253	10	80	35	35	88	75
2	166	2	60	17	14	86	78
3	230	8	70	35	32	135	69
4	158	10	72	30	29	30	80
5	190	3	64	30	25	73	88
6	287	6	67	26	26	112	88
7	324	9	73	35	33	89	80
8	367	10	56	25	22	113	78
9	160	10	89	40	36	95	77
10	204	4	69	32	31	96	88
11	295	9	78	38	35	91	88
12	240	10	67	29	28	96	86
13	212	8	53	23	23	73	84
14	151	5	57	26	23	76	82
15	250	9	65	32	31	77	84
16	293	4	45	21	18	90	73

¹School decile indicates the extent to which a school draws its students from low socio-economic communities; decile 1 schools are the 10% of schools with the highest proportion of students from low socio-economic communities whereas decile 10 schools are the 10% of schools with the lowest proportion of these students.

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School	Roll	School decile¹	Response rate (%)	Number consented	Number measured	Playground counts	PA policy
1	253	10	80	35	35	88	75
2	166	2	60	17	14	86	78
3	230	8	70	35	32	135	69
4	158	10	72	30	29	30	80
5	190	3	64	30	25	73	88
6	287	6	67	26	26	112	88
7	324	9	73	35	33	89	80
8	367	10	56	25	22	113	78
9	160	10	89	40	36	95	77
10	204	4	69	32	31	96	88
11	295	9	78	38	35	91	88
12	240	10	67	29	28	96	86
13	212	8	53	23	23	73	84
14	151	5	57	26	23	76	82
15	250	9	65	32	31	77	84
16	293	4	45	21	18	90	73

School	Roll	School decile¹	Response rate (%)	Number consented	Number measured	Playground counts	PA policy
1	253	10	80	35	35	88	75
2	166	2	60	17	14	86	78
3	230	8	70	35	32	135	69
4	158	10	72	30	29	30	80
5	190	3	64	30	25	73	88
6	287	6	67	26	26	112	88
7	324	9	73	35	33	89	80
8	367	10	56	25	22	113	78
9	160	10	89	40	36	95	77
10	204	4	69	32	31	96	88
11	295	9	78	38	35	91	88
12	240	10	67	29	28	96	86
13	212	8	53	23	23	73	84
14	151	5	57	26	23	76	82
15	250	9	65	32	31	77	84
16	293	4	45	21	18	90	73

School	Roll	School decile¹	Response rate (%)	Number consented	Number measured	Playground counts	PA policy
1	253	10	80	35	35	88	75
2	166	2	60	17	14	86	78
3	230	8	70	35	32	135	69
4	158	10	72	30	29	30	80
5	190	3	64	30	25	73	88
6	287	6	67	26	26	112	88
7	324	9	73	35	33	89	80
8	367	10	56	25	22	113	78
9	160	10	89	40	36	95	77
10	204	4	69	32	31	96	88
11	295	9	78	38	35	91	88
12	240	10	67	29	28	96	86
13	212	8	53	23	23	73	84
14	151	5	57	26	23	76	82
15	250	9	65	32	31	77	84
16	293	4	45	21	18	90	73