Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Physical Fitness in Junior High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Bohr, Adam D.; Brown, Dale D.; Laurson, Kelly R.; Smith, Peter J. K.; Bass, Ronald W.
Titel	Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Physical Fitness in Junior High School Students
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 83 (2013) 8, S.542-547 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12063
Schlagwörter	Junior High School Students; Physical Fitness; Socioeconomic Status; Public Schools; Urban Schools; Gender Differences; Raw Scores; Correlation; Lunch Programs; Age Differences; Multivariate Analysis; Standards; Body Composition; Tests; Evaluation Criteria; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Leistungsfähigkeit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Mittagessen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Multivariate Analyse; Standard; Examination; Prüfung; Examen
Abstract	Background: Research on physical fitness often regards socioeconomic status (SES) as a confounding factor. However, few studies investigate the impact of SES on fitness. This study investigated the impact of SES on physical fitness in both males and females, with an economic-based construct of SES. Methods: The sample consisted of 954 6th, 7th, and 8th graders from a public, urban, Illinois middle school. The students participated in the FITNESSGRAM battery of fitness assessments as part of physical education. Descriptive statistics were calculated for height, weight, age, and sex. Students were grouped as high or low SES depending on whether they qualified for the federal free lunch program. A multivariate analysis of variance controlled for age and stratified by sex compared the raw scores from the fitness test for low and high SES students. Odds ratios stratified by sex were calculated for the likelihood of not achieving the FITNESSGRAM Healthy Fitness Zone standards among SES groups. Results: Girls of the low SES group had significantly lower scores on the FITNESSGRAM assessments and were significantly less likely to achieve Healthy Fitness Zone status than the girls from the high SES groups. For boys, SES was a significant main effect for body composition but not for the other fitness tests conducted. Conclusion: SES is related to physical fitness in girls but not in boys. A potential explanation for this is that boys are more likely to engage in vigorous leisure time activity regardless of SES than girls. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10