Features and amenities of school playgrounds: A direct observation study of utilization and physical activity levels outside of school time

Table 7 Correlation of playground attributes with school and neighborhood attributes

	Overall condition	Total unique types of play equipment	Total number of play features	Overall cleanliness	Overall quality	Overall safety	Presence of benches	Presence of trash cans	Coverage/shade for resting features
Overall condition	1.00
Total unique types of play equipment	0.58*	1.00
Total # of play features	0.43	0.56*	1.00
Overall cleanliness	-0.09	-0.21	-0.13	1.00
Overall quality	0.71*	0.11	0.14	0.34	1.00
Overall safety	0.46*	0.65*	0.63*	-0.43	-0.08	1.00
Presence of benches	0.37	0.28	0.02	0.21	0.20	-0.08	1.00
Presence of trash cans	0.00	0.28	0.23	-0.40	-0.37	0.22	0.29	1.00
Resting features coverage/shade	0.28	0.27	0.01	0.06	0.09	-0.05	0.86*	0.30	1.00
Average size of schoolyards	-0.17	-0.20	0.05	-0.01	-0.15	-0.33	0.09	0.07	-0.05
Number of parks/green spaces	-0.01	-0.29	-0.13	-0.06	0.11	-0.18	-0.40	-0.19	-0.56*
Number of recreational centers & pools	-0.01	0.49*	0.01	-0.27	-0.16	0.15	-0.08	0.05	0.02
Number of commercially available PA resources	-0.31	-0.07	-0.28	-0.40	-0.38	-0.13	0.04	0.63*	0.06
Connectivity	-0.11	0.03	0.02	-0.16	-0.22	-0.12	0.08	0.14	-0.02
Population of children ≤17	-0.16	-0.29	0.00	0.13	-0.08	0.09	-0.05	-0.08	-0.17
Total school enrollment	-0.08	-0.01	0.08	-0.22	-0.17	0.15	-0.31	0.04	-0.35
Percentage of children ≤17 living in poverty	0.05	-0.19	-0.20	-0.23	0.20	-0.16	-0.36	-0.22	-0.36
Percentage of African-American students	-0.16	0.11	-0.23	-0.24	-0.15	0.04	-0.17	-0.08	-0.08
Temperature	-0.03	0.35	0.22	-0.16	-0.29	0.37	0.16	0.40	0.37

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