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- Title
Predictors of Physical Activity in the Transition After High School Among Young Women.
- Authors
Horn, Deborah B.; O’Neill, Jennifer R.; Pfeiffer, Karin A.; Dowda, Marsha; Pate, Russell R.
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with physical activity (PA) in women during the first year following high school. Methods: Females from 22 high schools (n = 915) completed the 3-Day Physical Activity Recall in 12th grade and reported if they were sports participants. After graduation, 305 women (18.9 ± 0.6 years) completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. They reported time spent per day in moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and vigorous PA (VPA) for the previous week. Multiple logistic regression was used to predict postgraduate PA. Results: The odds of being in the high-active group were greater in women who were sports participants (OR = 1.93) in 12th grade. The odds of being in the high-active group were greater among white women (OR = 2.09) and greater among currently employed women compared with unemployed women (OR = 5.57). MVPA had borderline significance in the regression model. Conclusion: Sports participation and being currently employed predicted physical activity at postgraduation.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness for women; WOMEN'S health; SOCIOLOGY of sports; WOMEN employees; WOMEN athletes' health; EXERCISE for women; HEALTH
- Publication
Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 2008, Vol 5, Issue 2, p275
- ISSN
1543-3080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jpah.5.2.275