DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIOURS AMONG IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The demographic pattern of Physical activity behaviours among in-school adolescents in Jigawa State was investigated, the study utilized descriptive survey design. The population of the study consisted of 159,586 in-school adolescents in Jigawa state secondary Schools. A sample of 3,192 students representing 2 per cent of the population participated in the study and 2886 copies of the returned ISAHRBQ were used for analysis. A Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted to draw the sample from the population. Three instruments were used for data collection. These were a 55-item In-School Adolescent Health Risk Behaviours Questionnaire referred to as ISAHRBQ which was adapted from the 2013- National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey Questionaire–YRBSQ-2013. Spearman Brown Prophecy Formula was employed to establish the reliability index of the ISAHRBQ. The reliability coefficients of 0.80 for ISAHRBQ was determined through Spearman Brown Prophecy statistic. Research questions were answered using mean and standard deviations. The null hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at .05 level of significance. The Findings of the study revealed that there were significant differences (p > 0.05) in the mean score rating of in- school adolescents regarding physical activity behaviours according to age. There were significant differences(p > 0.05) in the mean scores of in- school adolescents regarding physical activity behaviours according to gender. Based on the findings of this study it was recommended that government should provide adequate sports facilities and equipment in schools.