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Adolescent Physical Activity at Public Schools, Private Schools, and Homeschools, United States, 2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 17 — August 20, 2020
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Figure 1.
Physical activity mean scores (95% confidence interval), by school type, for 3 contexts: during school hours, weekday outside of school hours, and weekends, stratified by school level, FLASHE Study, 2014. During school hours was the mean score of activity to and from school, during PE class, during recess, and during lunch (scored from 0, “didn’t have activity,” to 6, “[running or moving] almost all of the time”). Outside of school hours was the mean score of activities outside of school: before and after school and activity on weeknights (scored from 0 [never] to 5 [4 to 5 days or most every day]). Weekend was the mean score of activity on Saturday and Sunday (scored from 1 [no activity] to 5 [large amounts of activity, 2 hours of activity]). Values are mean (95% confidence interval); bars indicate confidence intervals. Post-hoc contrast between middle-school, public-school, and homeschool students, P
= .03. Abbreviation: FLASHE, Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating; PE, physical education.
| School type | During School Hours | Outside of School Hours | Weekend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Activity Level, Mean Score (95% Confidence Interval) | |||
| Middle school | |||
| Public | 2.0 (1.9–2.1) | 2.8 (2.7–2.9) | 3.1 (3.0–3.2) |
| Private | 2.0 (1.8–2.2) | 2.8 (2.5–3.1) | 3.3 (2.9–3.7) |
| Home | 1.6 (1.2–2.1) | 3.1 (2.7–3.5) | 3.3 (2.9–3.7) |
| High school | |||
| Public | 1.7 (1.6–1.8) | 2.7 (2.6–2.7) | 3.0 (3.0–3.1) |
| Private | 1.7 (1.5–1.9) | 2.8 (2.5–3.0) | 3.2 (2.9–3.4) |
| Home | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | 2.5 (2.2–2.9) | 2.7 (2.3–3.0) |
Figure 2.
Physical activity means (95% confidence interval) by school type for the 5 during school hours contexts, FLASHE, 2014. Days of physical activity per week while traveling to school and from school, and frequency of physical activity level during physical education class, recess, and lunch. Bars indicate confidence intervals. Abbreviation: FLASHE, Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating.
| Activity Location | Public School | Private School | Home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Days of Physical Activity (95% Confidence Interval) | |||
| Middle school | |||
| Physical education | 4.2 (4.0–4.4) | 4.5 (4.0–5.0) | 2.6 (1.9–3.2) |
| To school | 0.8 (0.6–0.9) | 0.3 (0.0–0.6) | 0.8 (0.3–1.3) |
| From school | 0.9 (0.8–1.1) | 0.3 (0.0–0.6) | 0.7 (0.2–1.2) |
| Recess | 2.3 (2.2–2.4) | 2.5 (2.1–3.0) | 2.4 (1.8–2.9) |
| Lunch | 3.0 (2.8–3.1) | 3.2 (2.8–3.7) | 2.6 (2.1–3.2) |
| High school | |||
| Physical education | 3.3 (3.2–3.5) | 3.3 (2.8–3.8) | 2.4 (1.8–2.9) |
| To school | 0.6 (0.5–0.7) | 0.4 (0.1–0.7) | 0.5 (0.1–0.8) |
| From school | 0.8 (0.7–0.8) | 0.6 (0.2–0.9) | 0.5 (0.1–0.8) |
| Recess | 2.1 (2.0–2.2) | 2.4 (2.0–2.7) | 2.3 (1.8–2.7) |
| Lunch | 2.7 (2.7–2.8) | 2.6 (2.3–2.9) | 2.5 (2.1–2.8) |
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