Survey on physical activity of junior high school students in Taoyuan area, Taiwan

• Main Authors: Kai-Yi Lin, 林凱儀
• Other Authors: nono
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85987583654307918755

碩士 === 國立體育學院 === 運動科學研究所 === 92 === Survey on physical activity of junior high school students in Taoyuan area,Taiwan ABSTRACT The purposes of the study were to investigate the physical activity status of junior high school students in Taoyuan area, to compare the difference in physical activity status between gender and grade levels. Two thousand students were randomly cluster selected from nine schools in Taoyuan for the survey, valid survey samples was 1778. The average age, height, weight, and BMI are 14.34±0.91 years old, 160.59±7.72 cm, 52.51±11.20kg, and 20.24±3.49, respectively. Questionnaire was remodeled from the Taiwan Physical Activity Chart. Chi-square ( χ2 ) and G2 were used to test the difference between gender and grade level. The alpha level is set at .05 in physical activity status. The findings are as follows: 1. Boys have more physical activity volume(p<.05) than these girls of junior high school students in Taoyuan,Taiwan. 2. Eighty-nine percent students participated in household jobs last for more than 20 minutes everyday. Female students did longer than male students (p<.05). 3. The most often took a part in leisure or sports activities for junior high school students were basketball, biking, and jogging. 4. Forty-five percent of junior high school students engaged in physical activity regularly. Based on the findings, it is concluded that almost half of middle school students maintain a proper amount of physical activity. Male students did longer workout than female. Meanwhile, the physical activity volume decreased with age increasing in Taoyuan area, Taiwan . Keywords: middle school students, household jobs, physical activity, leisure and sports activities.