The influence of a Healthy Welcoming Environment on participation in club sport by adolescent girls: a longitudinal study

Table 1 Influence of characteristics of a healthy and welcoming environment: Longitudinal changes within cohorts and differences between cohorts

Characteristic	Indicator^b	Cohort (school year level in 2008) and wave (calendar year)										Statistically significant difference between cohorts
		Year 7 (n = 328^a)					Year 11 (n = 112^a)
		2008	2009	2010	Statistically significant linear trend		2008	2009	2010	Statistically significant linear trend
		n = 292^c 89%	n = 292^c 89%	n = 298^c 91%	p-value	Sign	n = 102^c 91%	n = 104^c 93%	n = 100^c 89%	p-value	Sign	p-value	Sign^d
Healthy Environment
The club is smoke free	% Yes	62	53	50	0.004	-	60	61	54
The club has Sunsmart practices	% Yes	41	30	30	0.002	-	26	27	26
The club is responsible in the serving of alcohol	% Yes	34	35	34			24	34	41	0.005	+
The club has injury prevention strategies in place	% Yes	71	69	73			67	70	74
Welcoming environment
Knowing someone at a club	% Yes	87	89	90			90	91	89
Friendliness of the coach	% Yes	80	85	87	0.045	+	86	84	90
Skill and/or experience of the coach	% Yes	63	64	67			80	74	74			0.002	+
The day/time of competition/practice sessions	% Yes	76	74	79			67	77	77
The club is friendly	% Yes	92	92	95			95	97	97

^aSample sizes: girls who completed all three waves of the survey
^bThe indicator for each characteristic is the percentage of girls who indicated that the characteristic was positively influential
^cSample sizes: girls who stated that they were currently or formerly a member of a sports club in each of the three waves of the survey; percentage of all respondents
^dYear 11 versus Year 7

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