Abstract
Objective: To characterize
physical activity patterns of school-going adolescents in rural
India by duration, frequency and participation. Total,
activity-specific and domain-specific physical activity was
assessed, as well as gender differences, to understand
how adolescents in rural India engage in physical activity and what
differences exist between girls and boys. Study Design: A
total of 395 adolescents aged 13 to 16
participated in this study, including 198 girls and 197 boys, from
6 schools (3 public and 3 private) in the city of Bijapur, India.
Data from 24-hour time-use surveys were used to assess adolescents'
physical activity. Methods: Twenty activities from the
24-hour time-use recall were determined to be physical activities,
and were grouped into activity domains. Mean duration and percent
participation were calculated for each activity and activity
domain. Gender comparisons were made for duration using t-tests,
and for participation using chi2 tests. Results:
Adolescents engaged in 124 minutes of daily physical activity
and 68% engaged in at least 60 minutes of physical activity.
Adolescents completed an average of 3 physical activities over the
course of the 24-hour recall period. Compared to boys, girls
exhibited higher participation and spent more time in indoor
cleaning, meal cleanup, laundry, preparing food, and serving food.
Compared to girls, boys exhibited higher participation and spent
more time in active play outdoors and biking. By domain, girls
reported higher participation and spent more time in the household
chores domain (51%; 41min) than boys (19%; 13min). Boys reported
higher participation in the travel domain (50%) than girls (27%).
Girls from households with domestic help exhibited lower physical
activity than girls from households without domestic help, though
the same difference was not observed for boys. Conclusions:
Cultural gender norms seem to influence physical activity
behaviors. Though boys and girls did not differ in overall duration
of physical activity, gender differences exist in types of physical
activities engaged in, where girls engage in more household
activity indoors while boys engage in more active play and biking
outdoors.
Table of Contents
ABSTRACT 1
INTRODUCTION 2
Study Purpose and Framework 3
LITERATURE REVIEW 3
1. Physical Activity 3
2. Health Implications 5
3. Physical Activity in Adolescence 6
4. Factors Thought to Influence Adolescent Physical Activity
8
5. Gender Differences 10
6. Globalization and Physical Activity 12
7. Physical Activity in India 13
8. Measurement of Physical Activity 15
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 18
Research Questions 20
DATA & METHODS 21
1. Study Setting 21
2. Sample Selection & Interviews 22
3. Survey Instruments 22
4. Data Collection 23
5. Data Setup and Management 23
6. Developing Measures 27
7. Data Analysis 32
RESULTS 34
1. Demographics 34
2. Physical Activity 35
DISCUSSION 38
1. Summary of Findings 39
2. Comparing Findings to Expectations and Existing Literature
40
3. Limitations 43
4. Strengths and Contributions 47
REFERENCES 49
FIGURES 58
TABLES 61
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