Table 1

Descriptives of preschool group practices used in the DAGIS study

Preschool group practices		Descriptive	Descriptive	No preschool groups (N)
Weekly structures
Times of outdoors		Mean 2.45 times per day	SD 0.69	96
Times of teacher led sessions		Mean 0.76 times per day	SD 0.67	96
Times of free play	Low (not at all)	45%	n=43 preschool groups	96
	Middle (between 0.1 and 0.8 times per day)	31%	n=30 preschool groups
	High (between 0.81 and 4 times per day)	24%	n=23 preschool groups
Times of organised PA lessons	No lessons at all	56%	n=54 preschool groups	96
Times of organised PA lessons	Others	44%	n=42 preschool groups	96
Times of mixed activity	No mixed sessions	71%	n=68 preschool groups	96
Times of mixed activity	Others	29%	n=28 preschool groups	96
Frequency of visits to places encouraging PA
Frequency of nature trips		Mean 0.93 times per week	SD 0.62	138
Frequency of visits to play parks		Mean 0.41 times per week	SD 0.72	139
Frequency of visits to neighbourhood sport facilities	No visits at all	62%	n=85 preschool groups	137
Frequency of visits to neighbourhood sport facilities	Others	38%	n=52 preschool groups	137
Frequency of visits to gym or other indoor facility (which is not own)	No visits at all	57%	n=82 preschool groups	143
	Others	43%	n=61 preschool groups	143
Frequency of field trips to neighbourhoods		Mean 0.52 times per week	SD 0.56	134