PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF TURKISH ADOLESCENTS: INFLUENCE OF SOME SOCIAL FACTORS

Table 2: Descriptive statistics of exercise parameters

  Girls (N=489) Boys (N=399) Total (N=883)
  Min Max Mean SD Min Max Mean SD Min Max Mean SD
TIMEv 0.00 120.49 3.29* 8.45 0.00 41.85 4.61* 6.10 0.00 120.49 3.89 7.50
TIMEm 0.00 75.33 1.36** 4.77 0.00 46.04 2.26** 4.62 0.00 75.33 1.77 4.72
TIME 0.00 120.49 4.76*** 10.02 0.00 58.59 6.96*** 8.65 0.00 120.49 5.75 9.48

* t = 2.593, p = 0.01; ** t = 3.443, p = 0.001; *** t = 2.818, p = 0.005

Figure 1: Participation to different type of exercise according to gender