EXPLORING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF FEMALE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM SELECTED REGIONS OF SLOVAKIA

摘要

The physical activity is gaining its importance and significance nowadays, even more than ever before. The relationship towards the physical activity is formed throughout life and its basis is formed during the period of adolescence. The aim of the survey was to analyse and compare the physical activity of female secondary school students from selected regions of Slovakia. METHODS: We obtained the data through the survey which was distributed during the months of February to December, 2019. To obtain the representative sample of secondary schools, we selected the female students from grammar schools and secondary vocational schools from 5 regions of Slovakia, in total number of 1972. The average age of respondents was 18,68 years. We analysed the survey, in terms of individual regions, by chi-square test at significance level of p < 0.01 and p < 0.05. RESULTS: During the working week, on average of 52.43% of female students have free time in range of 1 to 3 hours. During the weekend, we recorded the largest changes in range of free time, compared to hours of working week, in survey item > 5 hours/ day at level higher than 40% in regions of Banska Bystrica, Kosice, Presov and Zilina. In region of Bratislava, the increase was only 11% (statistically significant at level of p < 0.01). The female students of Bratislava Region spend their free time passively (60.62%), while the female students of regions of Kosice (60.25%) and Banska Bystrica (56.57%) are active.CONCLUSION: The significant difference of female students of Bratislava Region, compared to female students of other regions of Slovakia surveyed by us, was also recorded in other survey items, such as dominant area of interest of realising the physical activity, nature of realising the physical activity and reason of not realising the physical activity. The listed region is considered to be the economically richest, with the lowest unemployment rate. The research was funded by the grant KEGA 012UMB-4/2019.