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Table 2 Summary of study variables

From: Built environment and active play among Washington DC metropolitan children: A protocol for a cross-sectional study

Exposure study variables

Study covariates (continued)

Objective built environment Measures

Body size and health conditions

 Open recreational space

 Child BMI

 Block size

 Parent BMI

 Block length

 Child anxiety

 Intersection density

 Child asthma

 Residential density

 Child ADHD/ADD

Home and neighborhood characteristics

Child electronic availability and use

 Home building type

 Presence of electronics in bedroom

 Home yard

 Ownership of electronics

 Street sidewalks

 Minutes/day of sedentary behavior

 Street type

Child active commuting

Neighborhood accessibility

 Frequency of active commuting

 Education destinations

 Duration of active commuting

 Transport destinations

Dog ownership

 Recreation destinations

 Frequency of child dog walking

 Food retail destinations

 Frequency of child dog playing

 Social destinations

Parent rules

Outcome study variable

 Child’s homework rules

Child active Play

 Child’s electronic use rules

 Minutes/day of active play

 Child’s outdoor play rules

 Occurrence of active play

Parent neighborhood perceptions

Study covariates

 Perceived neighborhood safety

Demographics

 Perceived neighborhood quality

 Child age

Parent physical activity

 Child sex

 Employment physical activity

 Child race/ethnicity

 Recreational physical activity

 Child nativity

Active play qualifiers

 Child education

 Location of active play

 Parent age

 Type of active play

 Parent sex

 Independence of active play

 Parent race/ethnicity

Weather

 Parent nativity

 Total rainfall

 Parent education

 Mean temperature

 Household income

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