Challenges and prospective of female students participation in physical activity in the case of agaro town and goma woreda secondary schools

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the challenges and prospective of female students participation in physical activity in Agaro and Gomma secondary Schools. Cross-sectional study design was employed. Among the study site four secondary schools were selected by lottery method and 190 students were selected by using simple random sampling technique. 6 teachers were purposively selected. The instrument of data collection used for this study was self-made both open ended and close ended questionnaires. SPSS version 20 was used for statistical analysis of the data. Descriptive statistics such as percent, frequency were used to analyze female students’ participation in physical activity. The significance difference between the observed and expected values were determined by using chi-square test at p-value < 0.05 level. The results of this study show that home environment with statistical P-value (home environment p= 0.00), therefore the participation of female students in physical activity were affected by home environment due correlated with their participation. Statistical P-value (socio cultural environment p= 0.00), therefore participation of female students in physical activity were affected by socio cultural environment due correlated with their participation. Likewise school environment with statistical P-value (school environment p = 0.00), therefore the participation of female students in physical activity were affected by school environment due correlated with their participation