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Table 4 Daily weather characteristics (n = 776)

From: Environmental and socio-demographic associates of children’s active transport to school: a cross-sectional investigation from the URBAN Study

 

North Shore City

Waitakere City

Wellington City

Christchurch City

All cities combined

 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Total hours sunlight

5.3

(3.5)

5.7

(3.0)

6.7

(4.5)

5.2

(4.4)

5.7

(4.0)

Average temperature

13.8

(2.4)

12.7

(3.5)

13.9

(3.7)

12.4

(4.3)

13.2

(3.6)

Total rainfall (mm)

3.4

(7.1)

2.9

(6.2)

1.3

(2.8)

1.4

(3.8)

2.2

(5.3)

Total rainfall, n (%) days

          

None

84

(42.4)

74

(43.5)

121

(64.0)

145

(66.2)

424

(54.6)

Some

114

(57.6)

96

(56.5)

68

(36.0)

74

(33.8)

352

(45.4)

  1. n, number of days; SD, standard deviation.
  2. Values are Mean (SD) unless noted otherwise.