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Correlates of extracurricular sport participation among Swiss adolescents

Michaud, P.-A ; Jeannin, A. ; Suris, J.-C

In: European Journal of Pediatrics, 2006, vol. 165, no. 8, p. 546-555

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    Titre
    • Correlates of extracurricular sport participation among Swiss adolescents
    Auteur
    • Michaud, P.-A. Multidisciplinary Unit for Adolescent Health and Research group on Adolescent Health, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Jeannin, A.. Multidisciplinary Unit for Adolescent Health and Research group on Adolescent Health, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Suris, J.-C. Multidisciplinary Unit for Adolescent Health and Research group on Adolescent Health, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • European Journal of Pediatrics, 2006, vol. 165, no. 8, p. 546-555. Springer-Verlag
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:316039
    Summary
    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 SMASH2002 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 (