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Table 2 Top ten ranked images for ‘makes me want to visit’ the park

From: Adolescents’ ratings of features of parks that encourage park visitation and physical activity

Images

OVERALL

BOYS

GIRLS

Ranking

Ranking

Ranking

(mean score[SD])

(mean score [SD])

(mean score [SD])

Gigantic blue slide (image 11)

1 (8.84 [1.93])

1 (8.74 [1.93])

1 (9.24 [1.16])

Flying fox (image 18)

2 (7.70 [2.44])

2 (7.46 [2.03])

2 (8.16 [2.48])

Table tennis tables (image 6)

3 (7.44 [2.25])

3 (7.24 [2.13])

6 (7.78 [1.19])

Big blue slide (image 10)

4 (7.32 [2.35])*

4 (6.89 [2.28])

4 (7.94 [2.05])

Big 360 swing (image 21)

5 (7.25 [2.66]) **

9 (6.43 [2.64])

3 (8.14 [2.32])

Nature-like wooden playground (image 35)

6 (7.12 [2.61]) **

8 (6.48 [2.32])

5 (7.92 [2.18])

Wooden ship with rock climbing wall, chain ladder (image 12)

7 (6.99 [2.52])

6 (6.72 [2.23])

10 (7.45 [2.54])

Concrete pathway through an attractive tree-scape (image 30)

8 (6.74 [2.69]) **

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7 (7.65 [2.46])

Very ‘green’ looking park area with grass, trees, park bench, basketball ring (image 38)

9 (6.65 [2.60]) **

-

9 (7.55 [2.40])

Wooden playground with chrome slide, flying fox and monkey bars (image 36)

10 (6.58 [2.42])**

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Cement BMX track (image 9)

-

5 (6.78 [2.39])

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Lake in a reserve (image 3)

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7 (6.52 [2.69])

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Two large spider web climbing frames (image 20)

-

10 (6.39 [2.60])

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Wooden swing set (2 adult sized swings) (image 1)

  

8 (7.59 [2.14])

  1. Mean score: 1 = not likely, 10 = highly likely
  2. Significant difference in mean score between boys and girls *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01
  3. Image numbers refer to images described in Additional file 1