Table 1 Counts of park visitors observed at the intervention and control parks at the three time-points
| Â | Intervention Park | Control Park | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 n (%) | T2 n (%) | T3 n (%) | T1 n (%) | T2 n (%) | T3 n (%) | |
Total visitor counts | 2374 | 3162 | 3157 | 2382 | 2130 | 1654 |
Average hourly counts (Mean ± Std Err) | 32.5 ± 5.1 | 41.6 ± 6.3 | 41.5 ± 6.4 | 32.6 ± 3.9 | 28.0 ± 4.8 | 21.8 ± 2.9 |
Sex | ||||||
 Female | 1177 (49.6) | 1618 (51.2) | 1639 (51.9) | 1263 (53.0) | 999 (46.9) | 852 (51.5) |
 Male | 1197 (50.4) | 1544 (48.8) | 1518 (48.1) | 1119 (47.0) | 1131 (53.1) | 802 (48.5) |
Age (years) | ||||||
 Child (1–12) | 434 (18.3) | 960 (30.4) | 922 (29.2) | 678 (28.5) | 616 (28.9) | 609 (36.8) |
 Teen (13–20) | 188 (7.9) | 163 (5.2) | 222 (7.0) | 165 (6.9) | 84 (3.9) | 77 (4.6) |
 Adult (21–59) | 1325 (55.8) | 1604 (50.7) | 1674 (53.0) | 1217 (51.1) | 1211 (56.9) | 877 (53.0) |
 Older adult (60+) | 427 (17.9) | 435 (13.8) | 339 (10.7) | 322 (13.5) | 219 (10.3) | 91 (5.5) |
Day of week | ||||||
 Weekdays | 256 (10.8) | 319 (10.1) | 332 (10.5) | 563 (23.6) | 234 (11.0) | 482 (29.1) |
 Weekend days | 2118 (89.2) | 2843 (89.9) | 2825 (89.5) | 1819 (76.4) | 1896 (89.0) | 1172 (70.9) |
Activity levels | ||||||
 Lying down/sitting | 615 (25.9) | 872 (27.6) | 1051 (33.3) | 553 (23.2) | 588 (27.6) | 491 (29.7) |
 Standing | 970 (40.8) | 1233 (39.0) | 1199 (38.0) | 801 (33.6) | 800 (37.6) | 580 (35.1) |
 Moderate | 633 (26.7) | 882 (27.9) | 785 (24.9) | 738 (30.9) | 570 (26.8) | 437 (26.4) |
 Vigorous | 156 (6.6) | 175 (5.5) | 122 (3.9) | 290 (12.2) | 172 (8.1) | 146 (8.8) |
 MVPA | 789 (33.2) | 1057 (33.4) | 907 (28.7) | 1028 (43.2) | 742 (34.8) | 583 (35.2) |