Table 1.
Demographic Information, mean, and SD by sex.
| Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Value | SD | Value | SD |
| N | 310 | – | 300 | – |
| Age (years)* | 14.35 | 1.25 | 14.06 | 1.27 |
| Aerobic Fitness (meters)* | 1139.21 | 106.05 | 1041.83 | 93.65 |
| PUBERTAL TIMING, N (%)* | ||||
| Stage 1 and 2 | 36 (11.7) | – | 14 (4.6) | – |
| Stage 3 | 86 (27.7) | – | 124 (41.6) | – |
| Stage 4 | 130 (41.9) | – | 135 (45.3) | – |
| Stage 5 | 58 (18.7) | – | 25 (8.4) | – |
| MOTHER'S EDUCATION, N (%)** | ||||
| Unknown | 13 (4.2) | – | 18 (6.0) | – |
| 10th grade or less | 3 (1.0) | – | 9 (3) | – |
| High school | 20 (6.5) | – | 16 (5.3) | – |
| Vocational | 93 (30.0) | – | 80 (26.7) | – |
| Short tertiary | 37 (11.9) | – | 32 (10.7) | – |
| Bachelor or equiv | 121 (39) | – | 124 (41.3) | – |
| Masters or equiv | 23 (7.4) | – | 21 (7.0) | – |
*
Significantly different between males and females, p < 0.05.
**
Mother's education was provided by mother or female guardian.