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Table 3 Boys’ after school time and MVPA by who they were with and indoor or outdoor location

From: Who children spend time with after school: associations with objectively recorded indoor and outdoor physical activity

  

On own

Friend

Brother/sister

Mum/dad

Other grown-up

Indoors

      
 

Time spent (minutes)

37.2 (40.5)

21.2 (32.8)

26.1 (34.9)

41.8 (44.1)

21.3 (37.2)

 

Proportion of time indoors (%)

26.3

15.0

18.4

29.5

15.1

 

Proportion of all matched time (%)

23.9

13.6

16.8

26.9

13.7

 

Indoor MVPA (minutes)

2.3 (3.0)

2.7 (6.2)

1.9 (3.2)

3.1 (4.0)

2.5 (4.7)

 

Proportion of indoor MVPA (%)

22.3

26.2

18.4

30.1

24.3

 

Proportion of all matched MVPA (%)

17.2

20.1

14.2

23.1

18.7

Outdoors

      
 

Time spent (minutes)

2.5 (6.3)

4.0 (12.3)

1.8 (6.0)

3.8 (6.8)

1.5 (6.0)

 

Proportion of time outdoors (%)

17.9

28.6

12.9

27.1

10.7

 

Proportion of all matched time (%)

1.6

2.6

1.2

2.4

1.0

 

Outdoor MVPA (minutes)

0.5 (1.4)

1.2 (4.0)

0.3 (1.2)

0.8 (1.9)

0.3 (1.6)

 

Proportion of outdoor MVPA (%)

16.1

38.7

9.7

25.8

9.7

 

Proportion of all matched MVPA (%)

3.7

9.0

2.2

6.0

2.2

Total

      
 

Time spent (minutes)

39.7 (41.8)

25.2 (38.7)

27.9 (37.2)

45.6 (46.6)

22.8 (38.4)

 

Proportion of all matched time (%)

24.6

15.6

17.3

28.3

14.1

 

Total MVPA (minutes)

2.8 (3.4)

3.9 (8.1)

2.2 (3.7)

3.9 (4.8)

2.8 (5.1)

 

Proportion of matched MVPA (%)

17.9

25.0

14.1

25.0

17.9

 

Proportion of time indoors (%)

93.7

84.1

93.5

91.7

93.4

 

Proportion of time outdoors (%)

6.3

15.9

6.5

8.3

6.6

  1. MVPA: Moderate to vigorous physical activity.
  2. Values are presented as mean (SD) after school minutes or percentages as designated.
  3. ‘Matched’ refers to periods with available accelerometer, global positioning system and diary data.