Table 2.
Boys’ and girls’ physical activity participation in 2002, 2006 and 2010, according to age group
| Boys | 11–13 years |
15–17 years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 (n=865) |
2006 (n=686) |
2010 (n=625) |
p Value | 2002 (n=601) |
2006 (n=575) |
2010 (n=715) |
p Value | |
| PA in the past 7 days (M±SD)* | 4.2±2.1 | 4.4±2.1 | 4.3±2.1 | 0.243 | 3.5±1.9 | 3.9±1.9 | 3.8±1.9 | 0.019† |
| PA in the past 6 months (%)‡ | 0.012 | 0.001 | ||||||
| Did not practise PA | 5.4 | 5.5 | 9.0 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 18.0 | ||
| Practised PA | 94.6 | 94.5 | 91.0 | 88.9 | 87.1 | 82.0 | ||
| Sports practised (%)‡ | ||||||||
| Soccer | 72.6 | 69.8 | 60.8 | <0.001 | 57.1 | 50.1 | 44.3 | <0.001 |
| Basketball | 22.1 | 26.4 | 22.4 | 0.102 | 16.6 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 0.130 |
| Volleyball | 8.6 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 0.089 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 0.683 |
| Handball | 9.7 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 0.388 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 0.619 |
| Swimming | 18.0 | 15.3 | 17.3 | 0.352 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 15.5 | 0.500 |
| Athletics | 12.7 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 0.806 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 0.575 |
| Gymnastics | 17.5 | 17.1 | 22.2 | 0.027 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 6.7 | 0.038 |
| Cycling | 22.7 | 24.2 | 21.4 | 0.490 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 14.7 | 0.181 |
| Type of sport activity‡ | 0.008 | 0.524 | ||||||
| Individual | 8.7 | 8.3 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.4 | ||
| Team | 40.9 | 38.2 | 33.8 | 41.3 | 38.4 | 33.0 | ||
| Individual and collective | 38.5 | 37.8 | 34.9 | 24.6 | 19.7 | 19.7 | ||
| Girls | 2002 (n=881) | 2006 (n=589) | 2010 (n=620) | p Value | 2002 (n=676) | 2006 (n=709) | 2010 (n=944) | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA in the past 7 days (M±SD)* | 3.5±1.9 | 3.3±1.9 | 3.4±1.9 | 0.456 | 2.7±1.9 | 2.7±1.7 | 2.9±1.7 | 0.056 |
| PA in the past 6 months (%)‡ | 0.491 | 0.745 | ||||||
| Did not practise PA | 15.7 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 31.8 | 30.7 | 32.5 | ||
| Practised PA | 84.3 | 86.6 | 85.2 | 68.2 | 69.3 | 67.5 | ||
| Sports practised (%)‡ | ||||||||
| Soccer | 35.3 | 31.4 | 25.8 | <0.001 | 15.7 | 9.7 | 16.7 | <0.001 |
| Basketball | 17.8 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 0.640 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 0.189 |
| Volleyball | 14.0 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 0.069 | 13.6 | 9.7 | 14.5 | 0.012 |
| Handball | 6.1 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 0.191 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 0.006 |
| Swimming | 25.0 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 0.112 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 0.757 |
| Athletics | 12.4 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 0.370 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 0.155 |
| Gymnastics | 36.1 | 28.4 | 29.4 | 0.002 | 15.4 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 0.001 |
| Cycling | 12.8 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 0.195 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 0.993 |
| Type of sport activity‡ | 0.015 | 0.002 | ||||||
| Individual | 28.0 | 26.8 | 28.4 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 16.3 | ||
| Team | 17.0 | 21.1 | 14.7 | 19.2 | 13.7 | 18.8 | ||
| Individual and collective | 30.0 | 23.2 | 25.0 | 11.4 | 8.5 | 12.0 | ||
*Tested by analysis of variance.
†Data from 2002 are statically different from data for 2006 and 2010. Tested by Tukey's honest significant difference.
‡Tested by χ2 test.
PA, physical activity.