Table 1.
Top and Bottom Performance Groups and Demographic Comparison of Propertiesa Among Female Handball Athletes
| Demographic information | Upper group n = 30, (%) |
Subgroup n = 29, (%) |
χ2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | ||||
| 25 yr and under | 26 (86.7) | 26 (89.7) | 0.126 | .723 |
| 26 yr and older | 4 (13.3) | 3 (10.3) | ||
| Nationality | ||||
| TRNC | 13 (43.3) | 21 (72.4) | 8.341 | .015b |
| TR | 11 (36.7) | 8 (27.6) | ||
| Other | 6 (20) | 0 (0) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 4 (13.3) | 2 (6.9) | 0.669 | .413 |
| Single | 26 (86.7) | 27 (93.1) | ||
| Living place | ||||
| Nicosia | 23 (76.7) | 18 (62.1) | .727 | .436 |
| Famagusta | 5 (16.7) | 5 (17.2) | ||
| Kyrenia | 1 (3.3) | 4 (13.8) | ||
| İskele | 1 (3.3) | 2 (6.9) | ||
| Working status | ||||
| Working | 6 (20) | 3 (10.3) | 1.063 | .253 |
| Not working | 30 (80) | 26 (89.7) | ||
| Job | ||||
| Student | 24 (80) | 26 (89.7) | 1.063 | .302 |
| Other | 6 (20) | 3 (10.3) | ||
| Education status | ||||
| HS | 13 (43.3) | 16 (55.2) | 0.909 | .635 |
| University | 15 (50) | 11 (37.9) | ||
| Masters degree and above | 2 (6.7) | 2 (6.9) | ||
| Physical illness | ||||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| No | 30 (100) | 29 (100) | ||
| Psychiatric disorder | ||||
| Yes | 1 (3.3) | 3 (10.3) | 1.147 | .284 |
| No | 29 (96.7) | 26 (89.7) | ||
| Smoking status | ||||
| Yes | 2 (6.7) | 9 (31) | 5.773 | 0.016b |
| No | 28 (93.3) | 20 (69) | ||
| Dietary supplement intake | ||||
| Yes | 1 (3.3) | 2 (6.9) | 0.388 | 0.533 |
| No | 29 (96.7) | 27 (93.1) | ||
a
Chi-squared.
b
(P < .05).
HS, high school; TRNC, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; TR, Turkish Republic.