ArticlePreventive medicine reports2017
Correlates of children's independent outdoor play: Cross-sectional analyses from the Millennium Cohort Study.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Associations of family socioeconomic indicators and physical activity of primary school-aged children: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Social-Ecological Correlates of Children's Independent Mobility: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of the correlates of outdoor play and time among children aged 3-12 years.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Facilitators and barriers to adventurous play in British preschool-aged children: cross-sectional findings from the British Preschool Children's Play Survey.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- A systematic review and meta-analyses of the relationships between active outdoor play and 24-hour movement behaviors.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Review
- Factors affecting outdoor physical activity (OPA) in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- The role of playgrounds in promoting children's health - a scoping review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- Navigating Neighbourhood Opposition and Climate Change: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Play Street Pilot in Sydney, Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Effect of outdoor games among school children in Northern Gujarat, India.Bioinformation · 2022Article
- Family Socioecological Correlates of Lifestyle Patterns in Early Childhood: A Cross-Sectional Study from the EDEN Mother-Child Cohort.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Perceived Barriers and Facilitators of Adventurous Play in Schools: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Children's Play and Independent Mobility in 2020: Results from the British Children's Play Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- "Well, You Feel More Responsible When You're Unsupervised": Exploring Family Perspectives on Children's Independent Mobility.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Psychological impacts of "screen time" and "green time" for children and adolescents: A systematic scoping review.PloS one · 2020Article
- Perceptions of Nature and Access to Green Space in Four Urban Neighborhoods.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Time spent outdoors is associated with higher levels of physical activity. To date, correlates of independent outdoor play have not been investigated. This study aimed to identify potential demographic, behavioural, environmental and social correlates of children's independent outdoor play. Data were from the Millennium Cohort Study when children were aged 7 years. Parents reported whether their children played out unsupervised (yes/no) as well as the above mentioned correlates of unsupervised outdoor play. Children's physical activity levels were measured using waist worn accelerometry. Multiple logistic regression was used to examine associations between correlates and odds of independent (unsupervised) outdoor play. Adjusted multiple linear regression was used to estimate associations between independent outdoor play and objective measures of physical activity. Activity was measured as average daily moderate-to-vigorous activity, steps, and sedentary behaviour. 3856 (
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