Table 3.

Enjoyment and social support for physical activity.

	Overall	Male	Female
Enjoyment of PA
Primary	68.9 ± 11.2	67.1 ± 12.1	70.8 ± 9.8 a
Post-primary	58.7 ± 10.5 b	59.0 ± 10.1	58.4 ± 11.0
Social support (friends)
Primary	3.22 ± 0.7	3.13 ± 0.7	3.32 ± 0.7 c
Post-primary	2.79 ± 0.6 b	2.86 ± 0.7	2.73 ± 0.7 a
Social support (family)
Primary	3.20 ± 0.8	3.14 ± 0.8	3.26 ± 0.8
Post-primary	2.74 ± 1.0 b	2.75 ± 1.1	2.72 ± 1.0

^a Significant difference between male and female, p < 0.001; ^b Significant difference between primary and post-primary, p < 0.001; ^c Significant difference between male and female, p < 0.05.