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. 2022 Dec 27;10:320. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-01027-9

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of the sportive background of participants

Answers Total
(N = 285)
Male
(n = 101)
Female
(n = 184)
Age group 18–25 years Age group 26–36 years
Total
(n = 230)
Male
(n = 74)
Female
(n = 156)
Total
(n = 55)
Male
(n = 27)
Female
(n = 28)
Exercise frequency per week 0 13 (4.6%) 3 (3.0%) 10 (5.4%) 11 (4.8%) 3 (4.1%) 8 (5.1%) 2 (3.6%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (7.1%)
1 28 (9.8%) 3 (3.0%) 25 (13.6%) 18 (7.8%) 2 (2.7%) 16 (10.3%) 10 (18.2%) 1 (3.7%) 9 (32.1%)
2 44 (15.4%) 9 (8.9%) 35 (19.0%) 36 (15.7%) 7 (9.5%) 29 (18.6%) 8 (14.5%) 2 (7.4%) 6 (21.4%)
3 64 (22.5%) 23 (22.8%) 41 (22.3%) 52 (22.6%) 15 (20.3%) 37 (23.7%) 12 (21.8%) 8 (29.6%) 4 (14.3%)
4 50 (17.5%) 19 (18.8%) 31 (16.8%) 45 (19.6%) 15 (20.3%) 30 (19.2%) 5 (9.1%) 4 (14.8%) 1 (3.6%)
5 43 (15.1%) 24 (23.8%) 19 (10.3%) 32 (13.9%) 15 (20.3%) 17 (10.9%) 11 (20.0%) 9 (33.3%) 2 (7.1%)
6 29 (10.2%) 14 (13.9%) 15 (8.2%) 23 (10.0%) 12 (16.2%) 11 (7.1%) 6 (10.9%) 2 (7.4%) 4 (14.3%)
7 14 (4.9%) 6 (5.9%) 8 (4.3%) 13 (5.7%) 5 (6.8%) 8 (5.1%) 1 (1.8%) 1 (3.7%) 0 (0.0%)
Training duration  < 30 min 27 (9.5%) 3 (3.0%) 24 (13.0%) 21 (9.1%) 2 (2.7%) 19 (12.2%) 6 (10.9%) 1 (3.7%) 5 (17.9%)
31–45 min 47 (16.5%) 11 (10.9%) 36 (19.6%) 37 (16.1%) 9 (12.2%) 28 (17.9%) 10 (18.2%) 2 (7.4%) 8 (28.6%)
46–60 min 84 (29.5%) 21 (20.8%) 63 (34.2%) 67 (29.1%) 13 (17.6%) 54 (34.6%) 17 (30.9%) 8 (29.6%) 9 (32.1%)
61–90 min 101 (34.4%) 55 (54.5%) 46 (25.0%) 83 (36.1%) 42 (56.8%) 41 (26.3%) 18 (32.7%) 13 (48.1%) 5 (17.9%)
 > 90 min 26 (9.1%) 11 (10.9%) 15 (8.2%) 22 (9.6%) 8 (10.8%) 14 (9.0%) 4 (7.3%) 3 (11.1%) 1 (3.6%)
Main sport Endurance sports 92 (32.3%) 26 (25.7%) 66 (35.9%) 73 (31.7%) 17 (23.0%) 56 (35.9%) 19 (34.5%) 9 (33.3%) 10 (35.7%)
Resistance training/athletic sports 104 (36.5%) 48 (47.5%) 56 (30.4%) 87 (37.8%) 37 (50.0%) 50 (32.1%) 17 (30.9%) 11 (40.7%) 6 (21.4%)
Team sports 39 (13.7%) 17 (16.8%) 22 (12.0%) 34 (14.8%) 14 (18.9%) 20 (12.8%) 5 (9.1%) 3 (11.1%) 2 (7.1%)
Others 50 (17.5%) 10 (9.9%) 40 (21.7%) 36 (15.7%) 6 (8.1%) 30 (19.2%) 14 (25.5%) 4 (14.8%) 10 (35.7%)
Organizational form Sports club 69 (24.2%) 22 (21.8%) 47 (25.5%) 62 (27.0%) 16 (21.6%) 46 (29.5%) 7 (12.7%) 6 (22.2%) 1 (3.6%)
Commercial provider (e.g. fitness center) 87 (30.5%) 42 (41.6%) 44 (23.9%) 71 (30.9%) 35 (47.3%) 36 (23.1%) 16 (29.1%) 7 (25.9%) 9 (32.1%)
Independent/self-organized 129 (45.3%) 37 (36.6%) 92 (50%) 97 (42.2%) 23 (31.1%) 74 (47.4%) 35 (63.6%) 14 (51.9%) 18 (64.3%)