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Table 3 Descriptive characteristics of participants stratified by gender (n = 2956)

From: The relationship between physical literacy scores and adherence to Canadian physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines

 

Boys (n = 1283)

Girls (n = 1673)

Cohen’s d

p

Age, yr

10.6 (1.2)

10.6 (1.2)

0.01

0.77

Physical Competence (/32)

20.2 (4.4)

19.5 (4.1)

0.17

< 0.0001

Daily Behaviour (/32)

19.7 (6.1)

18.4 (5.8)

0.22

< 0.0001

Motivation and Confidence (/18)

12.9 (2.7)

12.4 (2.5)

0.18

< 0.0001

Knowledge and Understanding (/18)

11.9 (2.8)

12.3 (2.6)

−0.14

0.0001

Physical Literacy (/100)

64.6 (11.0)

62.5 (10.0)

0.20

< 0.0001

  1. Data are shown as mean (SD). p value for differences between genders (MANOVA test)
  2. Effect sizes were considered negligible if < 0.2, small if between 0.2–0.5, moderate if between 0.5–0.8, and important if > 0.8