Development of the Physical Activity Interactive Recall (PAIR) for Aboriginal children

Table 1 Frequency and description of activity type: five most frequent activity types reported by first – to sixth-grade children during 15 focus group discussions (n = 66)

Activity type	Type of involvement	Description of type of involvement	Total activities Cited	Five most frequently cited activities	Number and percentage of focus groups in which activity was mentioned
					N/15	%
Non-physical activities*		Activities not requiring physical exertion	19	TV/video watching	11	73.3
				video games	5	33.3
				playing with toys	4	26.7
				listening to music	4	26.7
				Computer	3	20
Physical activities	Play	Unstructured physical activity characterized by physical exertion	31	Biking	14	93.3
				Swimming	9	60
				running	9	60
				swinging	7	46.7
				skipping rope	7	46.7
	Team sports	Organized and structured group play characterized by physical exertion	9	hockey	8	53.3
				basketball	6	40
				soccer	6	40
				baseball	5	33.3
				football	3	20
	Individual sports	Organized and structured play characterized by physical exertion	3	wrestling	3	20
				karate	3	20
				gymnastics	2	13.3

Note: A total of 307 responses were elicited (verbally and/or drawn) from 66 children in response to the questions: "What do you like to do when you play alone or play with your friends?" and "What types of moving your body activities do you do when you're alone or with a friend?" and to the statement: " Using the blue marker, I'd like you to draw me a picture of yourself doing your favourite moving your body activity." * Given that qualifying non-physical activities was beyond the scope of our main focus, we did not further analyze this activity type to the next sub-group of "type of involvement".