William V Massey, Byungmo Ku, Megan B Stellino
Observations of playground play during elementary school recess
BMC research notes
school important place physical activity pa however little known homeschool students pa levels compare public private school students study estimated national prevalence pa levels homeschool students compared public private school students used 2017 national household travel survey schoolaged participants n 31486 compare weekly pa active light moderate activity vigorous activity school type publicprivate homeschool school level elementary middle high school unadjusted analyses found higher prevalence physical inactivity homeschool students 142 95 ci 97187 compared publicprivate school students 80 95 ci 7190 students reported pa difference mean number episodes light moderate pa publicprivate 42 95 ci 4143 homeschool 43 95 ci 3946 vigorous pa publicprivate 56 95 ci 5557 homeschool 55 95 ci 4960 results comparable covariateadjusted analyses higher percentage homeschool students report physically inactive compared publicprivate school students however data specific measures pa intensity duration required determine potential magnitude reported differences behavior