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Table 3 Top ten ranked images for ‘makes me want to be active’ in 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])a

(mean score[SD])

(mean score[SD])

Gigantic blue slide (image 11)

1 (8.15 [1.39])

1 (7.87 [2.33])

1 (8.69 [1.97])

Flying fox (image 18)

2 (7.08 [2.69])

2 (6.80 [2.35])

3 (7.57 [2.68])

Big blue slide (image 10)

3 (6.79 [2.55])**

8 (6.02 [2.32])

2 (7.69 [2.32])

Big 360 swing (image 21)

4 (6.74 [2.86])*

5 (6.17 [2.76])

4 (7.35 [2.81])

Table tennis tables (image 6)

5 (6.71 [2.66])

3 (6.39 [2.70])

6 (7.10 [2.53])

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

6 (6.54 [2.83])**

10 (5.87 [2.57])

4 (7.35 [2.73])

Basketball ring on a line-marked court (image 24)

7 (6.35 [2.99])

6 (6.15 [3.00])

-

Nature-like wooden playground (image 35)

8 (6.33 [2.61])*

-

7 (6.94 [2.68])

Outdoor gym equipment (image 14)

9 (6.23 [2.94])

-

10 (6.78 [2.82])

Brightly painted sports goals on brick wall and ground markings (image 4)

10 (6.20 [3.14])*

-

8 (6.92 [3.04])

Cement BMX track (image 9)

 

4 (6.24 [2.54])

 

Two large spider web climbing frames (image 20)

 

7 (6.09 [2.70])

 

Walking/cycling path beside an oval (image 7)

 

9 (5.93 [2.84])

 

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

  

8 (6.92 [2.44])

  1. (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