SUMMARYAim of the study. Evaluation of differences in health-related fitness (H-RF) among adults residing in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship due to age and with regard to socioeconomic factors such as: level of education, place of residence and financial situation.Material and methods. The study was performed using the method of observation of 1,032 people aged 20-59 years, including 517 women and 515 men. Morphological, muscular, motor and cardio-respiratory components were taken into account in the assessment of physical fitness focused on health (H-RF). The examined group comprised people representing various stratification systems in terms of gender, age, education, place of residence and financial situation.Results. It has been found that health-related fitness (H-RF) is significantly differentiated in society. Age is the factor most strongly differentiating various components of adult physical fitness. On the one hand, this reflected strong regressive and involutional changes that occur over the course of time, yet on the other it confirmed intergenerational changes. In addition, factors which significantly differentiate various components of adult physical fitness include place of residence, level of education, and financial situation.Conclusions. Higher levels of education, better financial situations and living in a city are associated with more desirable levels of various components of adult physical fitness and are indications of optimum health levels. Th e social differences in physical fitness among men are more evident than among women, which is probably connected with men's higher eco-sensitivity.
The aim of this study is to evaluate socio-economic differences in physical, cognitive, and motor development among six-year-old children living in rural areas. The study encompassed 228 children, including 118 girls and 110 boys living in different rural settlements in the Świętokrzyskie Province in Poland, who were selected through a combination of nonprobability and random sampling. The study was carried out from April to June 2014. A questionnaire was used to collect information from the parents of the children concerning the parents’ education, number of children in the family, and the number of persons per room. Based on the concept of socio-economic status (SES), three levels of quality of life conditions of each family, i.e., high, average, and low, were distinguished. The study noted considerable differences in BMI, and especially the cognitive development of the children with respect to the socio-economic status of their family. It was observed that children from rural areas who live in bad socio-economic conditions are exposed to a wide range of negative factors affecting their health, which leads to lower educational results and negative long-term biological and psychosocial consequences. The chance for more rapid alignment of development deficits for those children would have been their earlier cover of school duty.
health-related quality of life (HRQOL), quality of well-being scale (QWB), World Health Organization quality of life instruments (WHOQOL-BREF).Słowa kluczowe: jakość życia w ujęciu zdrowia (HRQOL), kwestionariusze oceny (QWB), World Health Organization quality of life instruments (WHOQOL-BREF).
Introduction. The aim of the study is to assess the physical activity of adults residing in the Świętokrzyskie region in Poland with relation to age, gender, and socioeconomic factors such as the level of education, place of residence, and financial situation. Material and methods. The survey questionnaire used to assess physical activity was prepared by the Department of Auxology of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. The study group involved a total of 1,032 persons, aged 20-59 years, including 517 women and 515 men. The results of the study were subjected to statistical analysis. Two tests were carried out to determine the correlations between variables: Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was calculated and the nonparametric chi-square test (x2) was used. Results. It was found that the leisure-time physical activity of the adults residing in the Świętokrzyskie region who participated in the study was insufficient and remained at a low level. Particularly alarming is the fact that a low level of leisure-time physical activity was found for young persons, both male and female, aged 20-39 years. This low level of activity also prevailed in the older age groups. Apart from age, gender, and the level of education, the place of residence and financial situation significantly impacted the physical activity of the adults. Conclusions. It was observed that the physical activity of men and women aged 20-59 years in their leisure time was the greater the bigger the size of the agglomeration they resided in, the higher their level of education, and the better their financial situation.
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