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Table 2 Associations of the contributions of activity categories to total activity with age-group, or socioeconomic status

From: The physical activity profile of active children in England

 

ANOVA (F)*

ANOVA (p-value)

Spearman’s (rho)

Spearman’s (p-value)

Total minutes of physical activity by age-group (all, n = 1,110)

9.4

<0.001

0.176

<0.001

Total minutes of physical activity by age-group (boys, n = 668)

8.81

<0.001

0.253

<0.001

Total minutes of physical activity by age-group (girls, n = 442)

0.95

0.433

0.035

0.461

Contribution by age-group, % (all)

    

  Sport†

18.24

<0.001

0.219

<0.001

  Active travel

3.26

0.011

0.040

0.180

  Active Play†

59.75

<0.001

-0.417

<0.001

  Walking†

31.5

<0.001

0.257

<0.001

  Cycling

1.83

0.121

0.005

0.871

  Domestic activity†

2.45

0.045

0.096

0.001

Contribution by age-group, % (boys)

    

  Sport†

9.11

<0.001

0.206

<0.001

  Active travel

1.36

0.248

0.043

0.271

  Active Play†

29.17

<0.001

-0.385

<0.001

  Walking†

17.19

<0.001

0.228

<0.001

  Cycling

1.78

0.132

0.026

0.508

  Domestic activity

0.91

0.456

0.079

0.041

Contribution by age-group, % (girls)

    

  Sport†

8.33

<0.001

0.195

<0.001

  Active travel

2.12

0.077

0.032

0.504

  Active Play†

31.41

<0.001

-0.448

<0.001

  Walking†

20.61

<0.001

0.348

<0.001

  Cycling

2.82

0.025

-0.082

0.084

  Domestic activity†

2.67

0.032

0.134

0.005

Contributions in minutes by age-group (all)

    

  Sport†

19.51

<0.001

0.251

<0.001

  Active travel†

6.79

<0.001

0.089

0.003

  Active Play†

9.55

<0.001

-0.234

<0.001

  Walking†

37.74

<0.001

0.291

<0.001

  Cycling

2.5

0.041

0.025

0.416

  Domestic activity†

3.46

0.008

0.101

<0.001

Contributions in minutes by age-group (boys)

    

  Sport†

10.17

<0.001

0.262

<0.001

  Active travel†

4.61

0.001

0.117

0.002

  Active Play†

2.91

0.021

-0.168

<0.001

  Walking†

21.46

<0.001

0.269

<0.001

  Cycling

2.84

0.024

0.060

0.121

  Domestic activity

1.23

0.295

0.086

0.027

Contributions in minutes by age-group (girls)

    

  Sport†

8.9

<0.001

0.196

<0.001

  Active travel

2.66

0.032

0.039

0.408

  Active Play†

8.14

<0.001

-0.329

<0.001

  Walking†

22.13

<0.001

0.355

<0.001

  Cycling

1.8

0.128

-0.081

0.090

  Domestic activity†

3.08

0.016

0.136

0.004

Contribution by IMD, % (all)

    

  Sport†

10.36

<0.001

-0.191

<0.001

  Active travel

0.96

0.427

0.036

0.236

  Active Play

2.22

0.650

0.077

0.010

  Walking

1.6

0.173

-0.017

0.575

  Cycling

0.75

0.560

-0.066

0.029

  Domestic activity

0.67

0.611

-0.011

0.708

Contribution by IMD, % (boys)

    

  Sport†

7.41

<0.001

-0.195

<0.001

  Active travel

1.3

0.267

0.011

0.777

  Active Play†

2.79

0.026

0.102

0.009

  Walking

1.72

0.145

-0.074

0.057

  Cycling

1.14

0.334

-0.019

0.632

  Domestic activity

0.62

0.652

-0.049

0.205

Contribution by IMD, % (girls)

    

  Sport†

3.77

0.005

-0.193

<0.001

  Active travel

0.57

0.684

0.068

0.155

  Active Play

0.43

0.789

0.038

0.426

  Walking

1.44

0.219

0.066

0.168

  Cycling

1.38

0.241

-0.129

0.007

  Domestic activity

0.92

0.455

0.038

0.428

Contributions in minutes by IMD (all)†

5.38

<0.001

0.132

<0.001

  1. †Significant at p < 0.05 for both ANOVA and spearman's.
  2. *Degrees of freedom for all ANOVA tests is 4.