From: Adolescents’ ratings of features of parks that encourage park visitation and physical activity
Overall | Boys | Girls | |
---|---|---|---|
Ranking (number of thumbs) | Ranking (number of thumbs) | Ranking (number of thumbs) | |
Features with most “thumbs up” | |||
360 swing | 1 (48.0) | 3 (15.0) | 1 (33.0) |
Table tennis tables | 2 (40.0) | 1 (19.0) | 3 (21.0) |
Large slides | 3 (35.7) | 2 (17.0) | 5 (18.7) |
No smoking signs | 4 (32.5) | 4 (14.0) | 6 (18.5) |
Climbing equipment | 5 (32.0) | 5 (12.7) | 4 (19.3) |
Swings (all types) | 6 (29.4) | 8 (7.7) | 2 (21.7) |
Flying fox | 7 (27.5) | 7 (11.5) | 7 (16.0) |
BMX tracks (all types) | 8 (26.0) | 6 (12.0) | 8 (14.0) |
Features with most “thumbs down” | |||
Graffitied skate bowl | 1 (18.0) | 2 (9.0) | 1 (9.0) |
Concrete steps | 1 (18.0) | 1 (12.0) | 3 (6.0) |
Signs with rules (all types) | 3 (13.4) | 6 (5.5) | 2 (7.9) |
Toilets | 4 (13.0) | 5 (7.0) | 3 (6.0) |
Graffiti (in general) | 5 (12.2) | 4 (7.8) | 6 (4.4) |
Plain concrete skate bowl | 6 (11.5) | 3 (8.5) | 3 (6.0) |