Preference rankings of first choice leisure activities at each time point N (%)
| After-school leisure activity | Time 2 | Time 1 | Baseline time 0 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking | N (%) | Ranking | N (%) | Ranking | N (%) | |
| Go around with friends to shopping centres, streets, parks just for fun | 1 | 46 (26) | 1 | 33 (25) | 2 | 12 (18) |
| Use the Internet for fun: chats, YouTube, Facebook, Bebo, Myspace, looking for music (do not include school homework) | 2 | 31 (17) | 3 | 20 (15) | 3 | 8 (12) |
| Take part in sports, athletics or physical activity | 2 | 31 (17) | 2 | 22 (17) | 1 | 13 (20) |
| Play with or see friends at your home or their homes | 3 | 21 (12) | 4 | 11 (9) | 5 | 5 (7) |
| Read books for enjoyment (do not include school books) | 4 | 13 (7) | 5 | 10 (8) | 4 | 6 (9) |
| Go to discos or dance classes | 5 | 11 (6) | 8 | 5 (4) | 5 | 5 (7) |
| Play a musical instrument, sing, draw, paint or write | 6 | 9 (5) | 4 | 11 (9) | 3 | 8 (12) |
| Send text messages or use Twitter on your mobile phone | 7 | 8 (5) | 7 | 6 (5) | 5 | 5 (7) |
| Play computer games | 8 | 4 (2) | 6 | 8 (6) | 6 | 4 (6) |
| Watch TV, DVDs or playbacks of programmes | 8 | 4 (2) | 9 | 4 (3) | 7 | 2 (3) |
| Total of valid* responses/total responses | 178/210 | 130/210 | 68/210 | |||
*A valid response=each after-school leisure activity is ranked by a separate number between 1 and 10 by each individual participant using a PDA.
PDA, Personal Digital Assistant.