Predictors of physical activity in the transition after high school among young women.
In: Journal of physical activity & health, Jg. 5 (2008-03-01), Heft 2, S. 275
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with physical activity (PA) in women during the first year following high school.
Methods: Females from 22 high schools (n = 915) completed the 3-Day Physical Activity Recall in 12th grade and reported if they were sports participants. After graduation, 305 women (18.9 +/- 0.6 years) completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. They reported time spent per day in moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and vigorous PA (VPA) for the previous week. Multiple logistic regression was used to predict postgraduate PA.
Results: The odds of being in the high-active group were greater in women who were sports participants (OR = 1.93) in 12th grade. The odds of being in the high-active group were greater among white women (OR = 2.09) and greater among currently employed women compared with unemployed women (OR = 5.57). MVPA had borderline significance in the regression model.
Conclusion: Sports participation and being currently employed predicted physical activity at postgraduation.
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Predictors of physical activity in the transition after high school among young women.
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Horn, DB ; O'Neill, JR ; Pfeiffer, KA ; Dowda, M ; Pate, RR |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of physical activity & health, Jg. 5 (2008-03-01), Heft 2, S. 275 |
| Veröffentlichung: | Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics Publishers, c2004-, 2008 |
| Medientyp: | academicJournal |
| ISSN: | 1543-3080 (print) |
| DOI: | 10.1123/jpah.5.2.275 |
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