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Table 1 Characteristics of superblock visitors and use for physical activity during the first year of implementation

From: Use of the Superblock model for promoting physical activity in Barcelona: a one-year observational comparative study

Characteristics of superblock visitors (n = 167,509)

W1: May 2018

(n = 37,432)

W2: October 2018

(n = 32,942)

W3: November 2018

(n = 33,136)

W4: February 2019

(n = 33,156)

W5: May 2019

(n = 30,838)

Sex; n (%)

 Male

18,461

49.3%

16,359

49.6%

16,276

49.1%

16,610

50.1%

15,205

49.3%

 Female

18,971

50.7%

16,593

50.4%

16,445

50.9%

16,546

49.9%

15,633

50.7%

Age group; n (%)

 Child

1,660

4.4%

1,414

4.3%

1,597

4.8%

1,600

4.8%

1,627

5.3%

 Teen

1,194

3.2%

1,122

3.4%

698

2.1%

719

2.2%

734

2.4%

 Adult

26,247

70.1%

25,499

77.4%

26,855

81.0%

26,732

80.6%

25,161

81.6%

 Senior

8,329

22.3%

4,914

14.9%

3,986

12.0%

4,106

12.4%

3,315

10.8%

Day of week; n (%)

 Weekday

18,591

49.7%

16,445

49.9%

16,692

50.4%

15,788

47.6%

15,200

49.3%

 Weekend day

18,847

50.3%

16,507

50.1%

16,445

49.6%

17,369

52.4%

15,638

50.7%

Period of day; n (%)

 Morning

7,681

20.5%

6,909

21.0%

7,410

22.4%

7,537

22.7%

7,152

23.2%

 Before lunch

10,434

27.9%

8,616

26.1%

9,313

28.1%

9,189

27.7%

8,715

28.3%

 After lunch

8,874

23.7%

8,291

25.2%

8,067

24.3%

7,684

23.2%

7,223

23.4%

 Evening

10,449

27.9%

9,136

27.7%

8,347

25.2%

8,747

26.4%

7,748

25.1%

Physical activity level; n (%)

 Sitting

1,118

3.0%

1,008

3.1%

919

2.8%

951

2.9%

989

3.2%

 Standing

380

1.0%

186

0.6%

153

0.5%

121

0.4%

86

0.3%

 Walking

34,768

92.9%

30,156

91.5%

30,610

92.4%

30,575

92.2%

28,444

92.2%

 Vigorous

1,172

3.1%

1,455

4.4%

1,269

3.8%

1,264

3.8%

1,047

3.4%