The school population
The survey presented here involved a number 548 students
distributed
• 149 students of Istituto Comprensivo “Porcu Satta” from
Quartu S. Elena
• 73 students of Scuola Secondaria di primo grado “A.
Rosas” from Quartu S. Elena
• 55 students of I.C. Montemilius 3 from Charvensod (AO)
• 208 students of I.C. “Tiepolo” from Pagnacco (UD)
• 63 students of I.C. “Gabelli – Moscati” (FG)
This has enabled us to obtain a fairly realistic on the sport.
The age range is between 1996 and 2002.
The sample included 278 male students and 270 female
Birth information
Year of
birth
No.students
Height Max
(cm)
Height Min
(cm)
Weight
Max (Kg)
Weight
Min (Kg)
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Average
height
(cm)
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48
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Average
weight
(Kg)
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1996
1
1.48
1997
8
1.73
1.55
1.61
70,5
40
51,06
1998
35
1.80
1.50
1.63
80
40
50,46
1999
145
1.85
1.42
1.58
83
28
44,1
2000
177
1.77
1.30
1.57
67
29
42,65
2001
168
1.82
1.29
1.44
67
26,5
38,6
2002
14
1.54
1.32
1.41
48
32
37,3
TOT.
548
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The majority of the 177 students were born in 2000. Information about
students’ height and weight.
• We asked the students some information
about their families such as parents’
education level, number of family members,
sports or physical activities eventually
practiced by parents, brothers or sisters
The chart shows that in 7 cases students’ fathers do not have any school qualification;
29 have primary school qualification; 199 have middle school qualification; 119 have
high school diploma; 97 have a professional degree and 59 have a university degree.
The chart shows that in 7 case students’ mothers do not have any school
qualification; 30 have primary school qualification; 161 have middle school
qualification; 134 have high school diploma; 90 have a professional diploma and 61
have a university degree.
Here is summerized the details about students’parents professions:
Father
Profession
Construction sector (engineer,
quantity surveyor..)
Employee
Freelancer
Mother
Profession
Housewife
Employee
Education (teacher, director..)
Family composition
The chart shows that 183 families have only one child; 238 have two chidren; 51 have
three; 16 have four; 5 have five and 2 families have six children.
Which sport do your brothers or sisters play?
• Brothers : The majority said football,
basketball, swimming, volleyball and skiing.
• Sisters: The majority said swimming, dance,
basketball, athletics, gymnastics, skiing
Have your parents ever played any sport?
Father
None
Football
Basketball
Cycling
Mother
None
Basketball
Swimming
Volley
Do your parents currently play any sport?
Father
Sport
None
Football
Athletics
Swimming
Mother
None
Gym
Dance
Atheletics
Do you practice physical education at school?
Almost all students partecipate to the phisical education class at
school; only 29 students of 548 are exempted
Do you always participate in the physical education class?
520 students of 548 practice phisical education regularly; only
28 students practice phisical education sporadically
Do you think physical education is equal to other subjects in importance?
540 students of 548 say physical education has the same importance as other
subjects
Why?
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It applies for admission to the exam
I have fun
It gives a higher average score
I learn a lot of things
It is useful to socialize with other people
It helps me to understand my limits
It is one hour where I can relax
Reduces the risk of becoming overweight
It is important for health
It helps us stay fit
If I do not do sport at school, my parents do not let me do it outside
Do you do sport in extra curricular time at school?
The reason why the percentuage of positive answers to this question is
relatively low is because a lot of students of the first year unfortunatly at that
time had not received adequate information about the activities run by the
school.
How do you find physical education at school?
443 of the students claim they enjoy phisical educaton time at school,
77 say they find it interesting while the 28 of the sample claim phisical
education is boring
Do you practice sport at a competitive level?
The majority of students did not answer to this question; 222 of the students
claim to practice sport at a competitive level while 226 claim not to practice
sport at a competitive level
Which competitive sport do you practice?
Male
Football
Basketball
Swimming
Skiing
Female
Gymnastics
Swimming
Volleyball
Dance
How often do you practice sport?
48 of 548 children are involved in sports at least once a week, twice a
week 60; 428 three times a week, every 12 days
How old were you when you started doing sport?
44%of the samlpe claim to start doing sport at the age of 4 year-old;
30% at the age of 3 year-old; 12% at the age of 5 year-old.
Have you ever change sport?
548 answered ( 238 YES and 194 NO ); 116 did not answer
Who suggested you to start doing sport?
For 266 students, parents influenced them to start doing sport; 60 said that friends
convinced them to do sport; 94 decided by themself; 8 by relatives and 18 by
doctors.
Which are the most important things of doing sport?
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Feel good phisically
Improve estetics
Feel good with friends
Have fun
Enjoy natural environment and open space
Compete with others
Relax
Escape from personal problems
Become a winner
Who bring you to sport?
248 students are accomanied by their parents; 71 said they go alone; 70 are
accompanied by their parents’ friends.
Where do you practice sport?
Students normally prefer to do sport within organized and well
equipped places such as swimming pools, gymnsaium etc..
How do you get to the place where you practice sport?
Mostly by car, on foot or by bus.
In case you stopped doing sport, which was the reason?
Economical reason
I did not like
I did not like trainer
Sport society was not well
organized
Phisical problems
I did not have enough time
to study
I could not finish homework
I got sick very easly
I got tired and could not
study
In the last five questions, the students were asked to describe any
situation experienced while doing sport that made them feel insicure
and unsafe and how they eventally reacted.
• 1° question : I am afraid of the Swedish Framework and the
Leapfrog; I am afraid when I am afraid when I am doing
exercises running back; I am afraid to swim
• 2° question : I have block; I am afraid, agitated, insicure.
• 3° question: I feel ashamed, I would like to hide myself, I cry.
• 4° question: Every activity where I need to compete with my
friends, play baseball
• 5° question : I try to pluck up courage