Where they live, how they play: Neighborhood greenness and outdoor physical activity among preschoolers

Table 2 Characteristics of the study population by physical activity behaviors (n = 365)

	Multi-players	Sandbox lovers	Rainy day kids	Sporty kids	p- value^a
Outdoor playing time (minutes per day)
Active outdoor playing	55.6	32.2	26.3	55.0	< 0.001
Quiet outdoor playing	41.0	27.7	5.60	6.40	< 0.001
NDVI	4.80	4.60	4.40	4.40	0.054
Gender					0.014
Girls	44	30	69	32
Boys	54	19	60	57
Race/ethnicity					0.046
non-white	28	21	60	33
white	70	28	69	56
parent's education					0.400
less than college degree	40	14	54	33
college degree and over	58	35	75	56
Parent's BMI	26.4	25.5	27.6	26.2	0.194
Parents' intervention: playing with kid					0.002
Low	12	13	29	12
Middle	36	19	65	33
High	50	17	35	44
Parents' intervention: transporting child to PA ^b					0.002
Low	31	26	79	48
Middle	39	15	32	26
High	28	8	18	15

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