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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for attributes of perceived and actual level of PL separated by gender and relative age level (N = 327)

From: Associations between perceived and actual physical literacy level in Chinese primary school children

Variable

Boys

Girls

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

M

SD

Min.

Max.

M

SD

Min.

Max.

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

KU_PPL (1–15)

13.0

2.1

7.0

15.0

12.7

2.0

5.0

15.0

13.0 (2.2)

12.3 (2.0)

12.8 (2.1)

13.1 (2.0)

SE_PPL (1–15)

11.9

2.7

3.0

15.0

11.9

2.1

6.0

15.0

12.2 (2.5)

11.6 (2.2)

11.8 (2.5)

12.1 (2.4)

SS_PPL (1–15)

12.3

2.5

5.0

15.0

11.9

2.3

5.0

15.0

12.0 (2.6)

11.9 (2.0)

12.0 (2.4)

12.3 (2.4)

KU_CAPL2 (0–10)

5.6

2.4

0.0

10.0

5.8

2.3

0.0

10.0

5.5 (2.4)

5.4 (2.4)

6.1 (2.2)

5.6 (2.5)

MC_CAPL2 (0–30)

22.6

4.3

10.1

30.0

21.9

4.7

6.6

30.0

21.1 (5.3)

22.2 (3.7)

22.8 (4.4)

22.6 (4.5)

DB_CAPL2 (0–30)

13.0

4.7

4.0

26.0

10.3

3.8

3.0

24.0

11.7 (4.1)

11.2 (4.1)

12.1 (4.7)

11.3 (4.5)

PC_CAPL2 (0–30)

17.6

5.6

4.9

28.4

17.1

4.4

7.6

26.9

17.0 (4.6)

17.1 (5.0)

18.0 (5.2)

17.1 (5.2)

PPL (1–45)

37.3

6.5

20.0

45.0

36.5

5.6

18.0

45.0

37.2 (6.5)

35.8 (5.4)

36.7 (6.3)

37.5 (6.0)

CAPL2 (0–100)

58.9

11.0

34.9

90.3

55.1

9.8

28.4

78.4

55.3 (10.4)

55.9 (8.4)

59.1 (10.7)

56.7 (11.6)

  1. Notes. KU_PPL, SE_PPL, and SS_PPL were three attributes of Perceived Physical Literacy; KU_CAPL, MC_CAPL, DB_CAPL, and PC_CAPL were four domains of actual Physical Literacy; PPL = total score of Perceived Physical Literacy; CAPL2 = total score of actual Physical Literacy measured by CAPL2