Background:Based on a large national survey on the health of adolescents,this paper focuses on the socio-demographic and lifestyle correlates of sport practice among Swiss adolescents.The SMASH 2002 database includes ...Background:Based on a large national survey on the health of adolescents,this paper focuses on the socio-demographic and lifestyle correlates of sport practice among Swiss adolescents.The SMASH 2002 database includes 7428 vocational apprentices and high school students between the ages of 16 and 20 who answered a self-administered anonymous questionnaire containing 565 items targeting perceived health,health attitudes and behaviour. Weekly episodes of extracurricular sport activity were measured by a four-category scale,and the sample was dichotomised between active (≥two episodes of sport/week) and inactive (<two episodes of sport/week) respondents. Thirty percent of female respondents and 40.2%of male respondents reported engaging in sport activity at least two to three times a week; another 9.7%of the female and 19.4%of the male respondents reported participating in least one sport activity each day(p< 0.01). The percentage of active respondents was higher among students than among vocational apprentices (p< 0.01),and the rates of sport activity decreased more sharply over time among the apprentices than among the students (p < 0.01). Most active adolescents reported having a better feeling of well-being than their inactive peers among male students:odds ratio(OR):3.13; 95%confidence interval (95%CI):1.28-7.70 . The percentage of active females who reported being on a diet was high,and female apprentices exhibited higher involvement in dieting than their inactive peers (OR 1.68; 95%CI 1.32-2.14).Relative to the inactive male respondents,the proportion of active male respondents smoking was lower; however,a lower proportion of the latter group did not report drunkenness,and the percentage of those who reported lifetime cannabis consumption was higher among active than inactive students (females,OR:1.57; 95%CI:1.09-2.25; males,OR:1.80; 95%CI:20-2.69).Conclusion:Organised sport activities should be better tailored to the work schedules of apprentices. Practitioners should be aware of the potential for problemat展开更多
文摘Background:Based on a large national survey on the health of adolescents,this paper focuses on the socio-demographic and lifestyle correlates of sport practice among Swiss adolescents.The SMASH 2002 database includes 7428 vocational apprentices and high school students between the ages of 16 and 20 who answered a self-administered anonymous questionnaire containing 565 items targeting perceived health,health attitudes and behaviour. Weekly episodes of extracurricular sport activity were measured by a four-category scale,and the sample was dichotomised between active (≥two episodes of sport/week) and inactive (<two episodes of sport/week) respondents. Thirty percent of female respondents and 40.2%of male respondents reported engaging in sport activity at least two to three times a week; another 9.7%of the female and 19.4%of the male respondents reported participating in least one sport activity each day(p< 0.01). The percentage of active respondents was higher among students than among vocational apprentices (p< 0.01),and the rates of sport activity decreased more sharply over time among the apprentices than among the students (p < 0.01). Most active adolescents reported having a better feeling of well-being than their inactive peers among male students:odds ratio(OR):3.13; 95%confidence interval (95%CI):1.28-7.70 . The percentage of active females who reported being on a diet was high,and female apprentices exhibited higher involvement in dieting than their inactive peers (OR 1.68; 95%CI 1.32-2.14).Relative to the inactive male respondents,the proportion of active male respondents smoking was lower; however,a lower proportion of the latter group did not report drunkenness,and the percentage of those who reported lifetime cannabis consumption was higher among active than inactive students (females,OR:1.57; 95%CI:1.09-2.25; males,OR:1.80; 95%CI:20-2.69).Conclusion:Organised sport activities should be better tailored to the work schedules of apprentices. Practitioners should be aware of the potential for problemat
