Students’ Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study

Table 1

Characteristics of university students participating in the quantitative component of the NuPhA-Study (Germany).

			Male		Female
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Social demographics
Sex	689
Male	210	30.5
Female	497	69.5
Age	689						0.081
up to 20	167	24.2	40	19.0	127	26.5
21 - 22	170	24.7	48	22.9	122	25.5
23 - 24	188	27.3	64	30.5	124	25.9
25 and older	164	23.8	58	27.6	106	22.1
Mean (SD)	22.69	(2.73)
Immigrant background	689						0.513
No	593	86.1	178	84.8	415	86.6
Yes	96	13.9	32	15.2	64	13.4
Family status	689						0.537
Married	28	4.1	9	4.3	19	4.0
Committed relationship	360	52.2	103	49.0	257	53.7
Single	301	43.7	98	46.7	203	42.4
Residence	689						0.700
Alone	137	19.9	47	22.4	90	18.8
With a partner	136	19.7	40	19.0	96	20.0
Shared flat	246	35.7	75	35.7	171	35.7
Dormitory or elsewhere	170	24.7	48	22.9	122	25.5
Money per month	678						0.045
Until 550	174	25.7	46	22.2	128	27.2
551 - 690	139	20.5	34	16.4	105	22.3
691 - 885	180	26.5	58	28.0	122	25.9
886 +	185	27.3	69	33.3	116	24.6
Study-related characteristics
Study discipline	689						0.018
Social Sciences	86	12.5	20	9.5	66	13.8
Medicine/Health Care	369	53.6	104	49.5	265	55.3
Sport Sciences	43	6.3	19	9.0	24	5.0
Law	46	6.7	21	10.0	25	5.2
Other disciplines	145	21.0	46	21.9	99	20.7
Semester	671						0.361
1 - 3	234	34.9	64	31.2	170	36.5
4 - 5	127	18.9	42	20.5	85	18.2
6 - 9	187	27.9	55	26.8	132	28.3
10 +	123	18.3	44	21.5	79	17.0
Mean (SD)	5.89	(3.51)

SD = standard deviation.
P-values are based on Chi²-tests.