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

Table 2 Influence of characteristics of a healthy and welcoming environment: Longitudinal changes within regions and differences between regions

Characteristic	Indicator^b	Region and wave (calendar year)										Statistically significant difference between regions
		Metropolitan (n = 315^a)					Non-metropolitan (n = 125^a)
		2008	2009	2010	Statistically significant linear trend		2008	2009	2010	Statistically significant linear trend
		n = 274^c	n = 282^c	n = 280^c	p-value	Sign	n = 120^c	n = 120^c	n = 118^c	p-value	Sign	p-value	Sign^d
Healthy environment
The club is smoke free	% Yes	63	54	52	0.017	-	60	57	47	0.040	-
The club has Sunsmart practices	% Yes	38	28	28	0.006	-	35	34	31
The club is responsible in the serving of alcohol	% Yes	31	32	33			34	41	43			0.041	+
The club has injury prevention strategies in place	% Yes	70	71	76			70	67	68
Welcoming environment
Knowing someone at a club	% Yes	87	90	87			90	91	95
Friendliness of the coach	% Yes	80	83	87			84	88	89
Skill and/or experience of the coach	% Yes	68	66	66			66	69	76
The day/time of competition/practice sessions	% Yes	74	75	77			75	74	81
The club is friendly	% Yes	92	92	94			97	97	100			<0.001	+

^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
^dNon-metropolitan versus Metropolitan

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