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. 2022 Jun 16;10:821703. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.821703

Table 3.

Means, standard deviations, and analysis of variance in PA.

PA (MET-minutes/week) insufficiently active moderately active Highly active
N Mean SD N (%) N (%) N (%)
Total 3,961 3,798 2,859 889 (22.4) 696 (17.6) 2,376 (60.0)
Gender
Female 2,830 3,636 2,792 685 (24.2) 546 (19.3) 1,599 (56.5)
Male 1,100 4,237 2,993 194 (17.6) 145 (13.2) 761 (69.2)
Diverse 31 3,068 2,401 10 (32.3) 5 (16.1) 16 (51.6)
F (df) p ηp2
Between-subject factor 17.79 (2, 80.46) <0.001 0.009
Age
≤ 23 years 2224 3770 2841 505 (22.7) 387 (17.4) 1332 (59.9)
>23 years 1734 3836 2883 384 (22.1) 309 (17.8) 1041 (60.0)
F (df) p ηp2
Between-subject factor 0.51 (1, 3,957) >0.05 0.000
Targeted degree
Bachelor 2,074 3,769 2,939 505 (24.3) 385 (18.6) 1,184 (57.1)
Master 842 3,820 2,928 181 (21.5) 146 (17.3) 515 (61.2)
State examination 869 3,908 2,610 161 (18.5) 130 (15.0) 578 (66.5)
Ph.D. 138 3,518 2,578 30 (21.7) 28 (20.3) 80 (58.0)
F (df) p ηp2
Between-subject factor 1.13 (3, 609.91) >0.05 0.001
Field of study
Natural sciences, mathematics and informatics 712 3,428 2,673 202 (28.4) 114 (16.0) 396 (55.6)
Social sciences, media and sports 720 3,844 2,820 134 (18.6) 145 (20.1) 441 (61.3)
Language, humanities and cultural studies 795 3,553 2,842 222 (27.9) 154 (19.4) 419 (52.7)
Medicine 527 3,981 2,574 83 (15.7) 84 (15.9) 360 (68.3)
Economics and law 508 3,801 2,726 104 (20.5) 79 (15.6) 325 (64.0)
Education 612 4,312 3,278 127 (20.8) 104 (17.0) 381 (62.3)
F (df) p ηp2
Between-subject factor 7.41 (5, 1738.09) <0.001 0.01
Study semester
First year students 639 3,574 2,712 150 (23.5) 120 (18.8) 369 (57.7)
Higher year students 3,218 3,853 2,888 708 (22.0) 557 (17.3) 1953 (60.7)
F (df) p ηp2
Between-subject factor 5.53 (1, 948.12) <0.05 0.001

Differences in gender, age, targeted degree, field of study and study semester. Prevalence of insufficiently, moderately and highly active students stratified by gender, age, targeted degree, field of study and study semester.