european college of sport science

OP-PP01 Physical Education and Pedagogics 1
years); 30s (30-39 years); 40s (40-59 years), 60s (60 years and over). The participation rate in exercise habits was calculated as the percentage
of subjects who engaged in exercise by each age period. The Chi-square test was used to examine the difference between
males and females. The relationship between participation rate in 60s and that in each 10s-40s was analyzed using the McNemar test.
Results: The participation rate in exercise habits in 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s and 60s were 59.5%, 33.1%, 29.6%, 44.6% and 65.4% in males,
while 43.0%, 6.3%, 13.5%, 44.0% and 57.1% in female, respectively. Percentage of males who had exercise habits was significantly larger
than that of females through the life excepted in 40s (p