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. 2016 Jun 16;11(6):e0157216. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157216

Table 2. Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics.

Demographic variables mean ± SD or percentages
Age (years) 16.02 ± 0.98
Technical education 53.3%
Vocational education 46.7%
Physical activity variables mean ± SD
Total physical activity (mins/day) 55.83 ± 31.83
Peer variables mean ± SD
Peer modeling (range 1–5) 2.90 ± 0.92
Peer co-participation (range 1–5) 2.47 ± 1.13
Peer encouragement (range 1–5) 2.29 ± 1.26
Parental variables mean ± SD
Parental modeling (range 1–5) 2.55 ± 1.13
Parental co-participation (range 1–5) 1.79 ± 0.95
Parental encouragement (range 1–5) 2.85 ± 1.35
Personal variables mean ± SD
Self-efficacy to be physically active (range 1–5) 3.06 ± 1.22
Perceived benefit of health (range 1–5) 4.45 ± 0.90
Perceived benefit of being around friends or meeting new people (range 1–5) 3.76 ± 1.19
Perceived benefit of fun (range 1–5) 3.82 ± 1.22
Perceived benefit of being better than others (range 1–5) 2.33 ± 1.38
Perceived benefit of not feeling bored (range 1–5) 3.60 ± 1.34
Perceived benefit of body image (range 1–5) 4.03 ± 1.25
Perceived barrier of lack of time (range 1–5) 2.99 ± 1.43
Perceived barrier of not liking PA (range 1–5) 2.59 ± 1.54
Perceived barrier of not being good at PA (range 1–5) 2.39 ± 1.43
Perceived barrier of lack of transportation to physical activities (range 1–5) 2.55 ± 1.43
Perceived barrier of not being allowed to do physical activities (range 1–5) 1.81 ± 1.27

SD, standard error; mins, minutes; PA, physical activity