Research Article
Play Equipment, Physical Activity Opportunities, and Children's Activity Levels at Childcare
Table 2
Backward regression analyses and multilevel analyses of the association between the indoor childcare physical activity facilities and children’s physical activity levels (number of observations = 710).
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aVariables excluded from the analyses because they were present in either all or none of the childcare centers: portable equipment: ball equipment and floor play equipment; fixed equipment: structured track, merry-go-round, tunnels, sandbox, and swinging equipment. Variables excluded from the final model because they were nonsignificant: portable equipment: climbing structures, jumping equipment, push/pull toys, slides, sand/water toys, and twirling equipment; fixed equipment: climbing structures, see-saw, slides, and balancing surfaces; background variables: sex, age. bFinal model comprises a first-order autoregressive (AR1) correlation for repeated measures within children. Other random effects were not included in the final model. |