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Lesson 3

Activity 2: Analyzing the Physical Activity Survey Results

You can view summary data from three sources (your class, all classes using these data, and the Add Health study) for each of the questions in the physical activity survey. To do this, select questions one at a time from the list below.

	During the past week, how many times did you do active work around the house, such as cleaning, laundry, or yardwork?
	During the past week, how many times did you watch television or videos or play video games?
	How many times in a normal week do you work, play, or exercise hard enough to make you sweat and breathe heavily?
	During the past week, how many times did you go rollerblading, roller-skating, skate-boarding, or bicycling?
	During the past week, how many times did you play an active sport, such as baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, swimming, or football?
	During the past week, how many times did you do exercise, such as jogging, walking, karate, jumping rope, gymnastics, or dancing?
	Do your parents let you make your own decisions about how much television you watch?
	Have you played a sport with your mother/adoptive mother/stepmother/foster mother/etc. in the past four weeks?
	Have you played a sport with your father/adoptive father/stepfather/foster father/etc. in the past four weeks?
	Do you use a physical fitness or recreation center in your neighborhood?
	Do you usually feel safe playing outside in your neighborhood?