Research Article
Does Playground Improvement Increase Physical Activity among Children? A Quasi-Experimental Study of a Natural Experiment
Table 3
Playground use profile of parents in playground of intervention Park A as measured by intercept survey postintervention, percent (number).
| | Total ( = 140) | May ( = 75) | September ( = 65) | Chi-square ( value) |
| Playground visit frequency | | | | | At least once per week | 59.4 (79) | 57.7 (41) | 61.3 (38) | = 1.51 (0.47) | 1-2 per fortnight or less | 27.1 (36) | 31.0 (22) | 22.6 (14) | | First time | 13.5 (18) | 11.3 (8) | 16.1 (10) | | Visited playground before renovation | | | | | Yes | 58.6 (82) | 66.7 (50) | 49.2 (32) | = 4.36 (0.04) | No | 41.4 (58) | 33.3 (25) | 50.8 (33) | |
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