Associations between Parental and Friend Social Support and Children’s Physical Activity and Time Spent outside Playing

Table 4

Means and 95% confidence intervals of steps and time spent outside playing (minutes) for each day by the person with whom the child reported spending time outside.

	Friend(s)	Brother(s) or sister(s)	Alone or parent or other adult
Weekday 1
Steps/day ()		14,593 (12,713–16,473)	16,924 (12,659–21,190)
Time spent outside playing ()		96.7; (65.2–128.1)	54.5; (26.3–82.8)
Weekday 2
Steps/day ()	17,248 (15,509–18,988)	15,799 (13,627–17,970)	14,761 (13,097–16,425)
Time spent outside playing ()	120.8; (92.0–149.6)	114.0 (76.8–151.2)	70.9; (16.6–125.2)
Weekday 3
Steps/day ()	16,868 (14,624–19,112)	14,409 (11,533–17,285)	14,002 (10,930–17,074)
Time spent outside playing ()	144.5; (107.3–181.8)	111.7 (68.0–155.3)	83.1; (31.7–134.4)
Weekday 4
Steps/day ()	15,013 (12,799–17,227)	16,736 (12,867–20,605)	16,617 (13,280–19,953)
Time spent outside playing ()	127.2; (89.8–164.7)	104.3 (70.9–137.6)	64.3; (29.7–98.8)
Saturday
Steps/day ()	16,804 (15,229–18,379)	12,896 (10,643–15,149)	9,708 (6,465–12,951)
Time spent outside playing ()	169.0; (144.8–193.2)	133.3 (101.7–165.0)	70.0; (31.8–108.2)
Sunday
Steps/day ()	14,477 (12,477–16,476)	11,424 (8,978–13,870)	14,647 (10,980–18,314)
Time spent outside playing ()	189.6; (162.0–217.1)	131.5 (93.7–169.4)	67.5; (45.8–89.2)

(i) values.
(ii) confidence intervals.