Table 2.
Distribution of participants’ frequency characteristics among adults in Taiwan (n = 2146).
| Variables | Enjoyment in Recreational Sports | Total n = 2146 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| (n =1653) | (n = 493) | |||
| n (%) = 77.1% | n (%) = 22.9% | |||
| Participation in recreational sports | <0.001 *** | |||
| Daily | 438 (26.5) | 23 (4.7) | 461 (21.5) | -- |
| Other (several times per month) | 1215 (73.5) | 470 (95.3) | 1685 (78.5) | -- |
| Make friends | <0.001 *** | |||
| Yes | 1298 (78.6) | 269 (54.7) | 1567 (73.1) | -- |
| No | 353 (21.4) | 223 (45.3) | 576 (26.9) | -- |
| Physical or mental health | <0.001 *** | |||
| Yes | 1454 (88.5) | 320 (70.3) | 1774 (84.6) | -- |
| No | 189 (11.5) | 135 (29.7) | 324 (15.4) | -- |
| Meet other people | <0.001 *** | |||
| Yes | 868 (52.9) | 190 (41.6) | 1058 (50.4) | -- |
| No | 773 (47.1) | 267 (58.4) | 1040 (49.6) | -- |
| Compete with others | 0.033 * | |||
| Yes | 212 (13.0) | 42 (9.3) | 254 (12.2) | -- |
| No | 1420 (87.0) | 410 (90.7) | 1830 (87.8) | -- |
| Physical appearance | <0.001 *** | |||
| Yes | 783 (47.9) | 139 (30.4) | 922 (44.1) | -- |
| No | 850 (52.1) | 318 (69.6) | 1168 (55.9) | -- |
| Individual interest | <0.001 *** | |||
| Yes | 1344 (82.0) | 299 (65.4) | 1643 (78.4) | -- |
| No | 296 (18.0) | 158 (34.6) | 454 (21.6) | -- |
| Taiwanese athletes performed well at international sports or game competitions | <0.001 *** | |||
| Yes | 1512 (94.0) | 383 (85.1) | 1895 (92.1) | -- |
| No | 96 (6.0) | 67 (14.9) | 163 (7.9) | -- |
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.