Table 1.
Sociodemographic and sport factors and differences between racket sports
| MALES | FEMALES | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | TT | B | K-W (p) | T | TT | B | K-W (p) | |
| f(%) | f(%) | f(%) | f(%) | f(%) | f(%) | |||
| Age (years) | 0.73 (0.69) | 1.15 (0.46) | ||||||
| 19-22 | 7(33.3) | 23(46.0) | 22(43.1) | 4(66.7) | 13(46.4) | 18(58.1) | ||
| 22-25 | 8(38.1) | 10(20.0) | 6(11.8) | 2(33.3) | 6(21.4) | 5(16.1) | ||
| 25-28 | 2(9.5) | 5(10.0) | 5(9.8) | 0(0.0) | 5(17.9) | 2(6.5) | ||
| 28+ | 4(19.0) | 12(24.0) | 18(35.3) | 0(0.0) | 4(14.3) | 6(19.4) | ||
| Education (school) | 10 (0.01) | 3.4 (0.18) | ||||||
| Elementary | 3(14.3) | 13(26.0) | 4(7.8) | 2(33.3) | 2(7.1) | 8(25.8) | ||
| High | 12(57.1) | 17(34.0) | 17(33.3) | 1(16.7) | 9(32.1) | 10(32.3) | ||
| Student | 4(19.0) | 13(26.0) | 11(21.6) | 2(33.3) | 9(32.1) | 9(29.0) | ||
| Graduated | 2(9.5) | 7(14.0) | 19(37.3) | 1(16.7) | 7(25.0) | 4(12.9) | ||
| Sport experience | 3 (0.20) | 8.4 (0.02) | ||||||
| less than 5 years | 0(0.0) | 1(2.0) | 1(2.0) | |||||
| 5 to 10 years | 8(38.1) | 7(14.0) | 17(33.3) | 2(33.3) | 4(14.3) | 14(45.2) | ||
| 10 to 15 years | 7(33.3) | 20(40.0) | 12(23.5) | 2(33.3) | 13(46.4) | 13(41.9) | ||
| 15 + | 6(28.6) | 22(44.0) | 21(41.2) | 2(33.3) | 11(39.3) | 4(12.9) | ||
| Sport status | 16 (0.01) | 1.56 (0.45) | ||||||
| Amateur | 11(52.4) | 14(28.0) | 35(68.6) | 3(50.0) | 14(50.0) | 20(64.5) | ||
| Semiprofessional | 9(42.9) | 28(56.0) | 13(25.5) | 3(50.0) | 13(46.4) | 11(35.5) | ||
| Professional | 1(4.8) | 8(16.0) | 3(5.9) | 0(0.0) | 1(3.6) | 0(0.0) | ||
| Sport achievement | 0.13 (0.93) | 1.79 (0.40) | ||||||
| local competition | 1(4.8) | 0(0.0) | 4(7.8) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(3.2) | ||
| local achievement | 2(9.5) | 0(0.0) | 5(9.8) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 3(9.7) | ||
| national competition | 2(9.5) | 5(10.0) | 4(7.8) | 2(33.3) | 4(14.3) | 7(22.6) | ||
| national achievement | 2(9.5) | 12(24.0) | 6(11.8) | 1(16.7) | 4(14.3) | 5(16.1) | ||
| international competition | 6(28.6) | 22(44.0) | 14(27.5) | 1(16.7) | 14(50.0) | 7(22.6) | ||
| international achievement | 8(38.1) | 11(22.0) | 18(35.3) | 2(33.3) | 6(21.4) | 8(25.8) | ||
T - tennis; TT - table tennis; B - badminton; frequencies - f, percentage - %; KW - Kruskall-Wallis test; p - statistical significance for df = 2