Table 1.

Number of participants by grade and gender differences in participation in sports activities between Sports group and No sports group

	Total	E4	E5	E6	J1	J2	J3
No.	26,766	4,006	4,118	4,045	5,127	4,766	4,704
No sports group (%)	5,486 (20.5)	1,249 (31)	1,157 (28)	1,112 (28)	480 (9)	572 (12)	916 (20)
Male (%)	2,122 (39)	399 (32)	377 (33)	359 (32)	207 (43)	279 (49)	501 (55)
Female (%)	3,364 (61)	850 (68)	780 (67)	753 (68)	273 (57)	293 (51)	415 (45)
Sports group (%)	21,280 (79.5)	2,757 (69)	2,961 (72)	2,933 (72)	4,647 (91)	4,194 (88)	3,788 (80)
Male (%)	12,214 (57)	1,522 (55)	1,620 (55)	1,612 (55)	2,606 (56)	2,535 (60)	2,319 (61)
Female (%)	9,066 (43)	1,235 (45)	1,341 (45)	1,321 (45)	2,041 (44)	1,659 (40)	1,469 (39)