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Table 6 Attitudes regarding physical activity facilities and physical activity policies

From: The food and activity environments of childcare centers in Rhode Island: a directors’ survey

Question

All centers (%)

CACFP (%)

Non-CACFP (%)

p value*

 

SA

A

D

SD

SA

A

D

SD

SA

A

D

SD

 

Physical activity facilities

ᅟThere is an on-site outdoor play area

95.3

4.7

--

--

86.1

13.9

--

--

100.0

0.0

--

--

.0039

ᅟThere is A LACK OF stationary playground equipment

1.9

11.2

29.0

57.9

2.78

19.44

25.00

52.78

1.5

5.8

30.4

62.3

.1373

ᅟThere is A LACK OF portable playground equipment

1.9

9.3

37.4

51.4

0.0

16.7

36.1

47.2

2.9

4.3

37.7

55.1

.1659

ᅟOur center has plenty of wheeled toys

37.4

41.1

17.8

3.7

22.2

52.8

19.4

5.6

46.4

34.8

15.9

2.9

.0794

ᅟThe outdoor play area has a large open space for group game

55.1

36.5

5.6

2.8

47.2

47.2

2.8

2.8

59.4

30.4

7.3

2.9

.5483

ᅟThere is an on-site indoor play area

30.8

25.2

24.3

19.6

33.3

36.1

11.1

19.4

30.4

18.8

30.4

20.3

.0970

ᅟMost play equipment is too expensive for our center to afford.

11.3

23.6

42.5

22.6

11.1

27.8

44.4

16.7

11.6

20.3

42.0

26.1

.3424

Physical activity policies

ᅟThere should be efforts to ensure there are physical activity standards at my center

61.0

31.4

5.7

1.9

65.7

31.4

2.9

0.0

60.3

29.4

7.4

2.9

.7657

ᅟI would support changes to state regulations that would establish increased physical activity standards at my center

48.5

40.4

5.0

6.1

50.0

44.1

2.9

2.9

48.4

37.5

6.3

7.8

.7345

ᅟMy teachers and staff would support changes that would establish increased standards for physical activity at my center

42.2

43.1

8.8

5.9

44.1

47.1

5.9

2.9

42.4

40.9

9.1

7.6

.8417

ᅟParents would support changes to state regulations that would promote increased physical activity at my center

30.1

52.7

9.7

7.5

21.9

65.6

6.3

6.3

35.0

45.0

11.7

8.3

.3307

ᅟStaff/teachers at my center will require information and training needed to implement changes to my center’s physical activity standards

26.7

43.6

24.7

5.0

35.3

44.1

20.6

0.0

23.1

43.1

26.1

7.7

.2709

  1. SA Strongly Agree, A Agree, D Disagree, SD Strongly Disagree
  2. *p value indicates Fisher’s Exact Test differences between the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and non-CACFP distributions for each variable
  3. --indicates no responses in that category