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. 2012 Jul 12;9:86. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-86

Table 2.

Sport questionnaire items with descriptive statistics

 
Yes response
 
Sport participants (n = 1283)  
Availability* (mean ± SD)
 
 
Is your sport available at school? (%)
79.3 ± 31.9
 
Is your sport available outside of school? (%)
85.4 ± 28.2
 
Sport management* (mean ± SD)
 
 
Are the [sport] competitions/games/events you compete in suitable for your level of performance? (%)
93.8 ± 17.4
 
Do you or your team have a coach? (%)
77.8 ± 30.8
 
Is your coach suitable for the level of competition? (%)
94.9 ± 18.5
 
Is your sport/team well managed? (%)
83.4 ± 28.8
 
School sport provisions and resources [n(%)]
 
 
My school has enough sport grounds and courts
1098 (85.1)
 
My school provides the right sport gear
1126 (87.2)
 
Sport is well organized at my school
1093 (84.7)
 
Everyone can participate in sports in my school
1184 (91.7)
 
My school offers good opportunities for best players
1157 (89.6)
 
My school offers good opportunities for social players
1083 (83.9)
 
Students can influence sport organization
1117 (86.5)
 
Sport results and successes are acknowledged in my school
1203 (93.2)
 
School support resource score (range: 0–8)
7.3 ± 1.22
 
Students who do not participate in sports (n = 546)
Barriers [n(%)]
At school
Outside school
It costs too much
93 (17.0)
96 (17.6)
I'm not good enough at sports
180 (33.0)
167 (30.6)
I'm not interested
281 (51.5)
247 (42.2)
It takes too much time
167 (30.6)
157 (28.8)
None of my friends are in sports
127 (23.3)
114 (20.9)
The sports I'm interested in aren't available
147 (26.9)
77 (14.1)
Can't get there
94 (17.2)
107 (19.6)
I would feel shy, nervous or embarrassed
133 (24.4)
105 (19.2)
I have other responsibilities
144 (26.4)
117 (21.4)
My parents would not let me
26 (4.8)
31 (5.7)
I don't know the reason
84 (15.4)
91 (16.7)
Other 71 (13.0) 61 (11.2)

*Note: Percentages represent averages for all sports that students participated in.