Kats, M.E.R. (2019) Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents: The relationship between socioeconomic status and physical activity levels of children and adolescents. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Physical activity has many important health benefits for children and adolescents, both for during their childhood and for health outcomes at older ages. The following central question was formulated for this study: “How do different socioeconomic status indicators influence physical activity levels of children and adolescents?”. An answer to this question was found by performing a six-step hierarchical linear regression on the KiGGS dataset from the German research institute on population health. From the results, it appears that at least 63,5% of the respondents do not meet the physical activity guidelines. Also, a higher socioeconomic status is associated with lower physical activity levels. The results show that boys tend to have higher physical activity levels than girls. Besides, age is nog significantly linked to physical activity. The only socioeconomic status indicator that seems to significantly influence physical activity negatively, is household income.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Vogt, T.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2020 05:29 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2020 05:29 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1593 |
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