A survey of students’ attitudes to implementing physical activity in Danish vocational education schools

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 2 Multivariate association between students’ attitude to PA in school and self-reported fitness level, contentment with BP1, gender and scheduled PA

Students who highly agree?	Self-reported fitness level: fit (reference: Unfit, OR = 1.0)	Glad to attend BP1: very glad (reference: not glad, OR = 1.0)	Gender: female (reference: male, OR = 1.0)	PA scheduled: yes (reference: no, OR = 1.0)	Constant
1. It has a positive effect on social well-being in the class (n = 621)
OR	1.4	1.7	1.1	1.0	0.694
95% CI	1.0–2.0	1.2–2.3	0.8–1.6	0.7–1.4
P	0.037	0.003	0.409	0.943
2. It helps me concentrate
OR	2.3^a	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.202
95% CI	1.7–3.3	1.6–3.2	1.1–2.1	0.8–1.6
P	0.000	0.000	0.020	0.492
3. It makes it more fun to go to school
OR	2.0^a	2.1	1.4	1.7^a	0.164
95% CI	1.4–2.8	1.5–3.0	1.0–1.9	1.2–2.4
P	0.000	0.000	0.071	0.002
4. It is a nice break from classroom teaching
OR	1.5^a	2.7	1.4	1.4	0.422
95% CI	1.0–2.1	2.0–3.8	1.0–1.9	1.0–1.9
p	0.029	0.000	0.085	0.083
5. I have learned more about health
OR	1.9^a	1.8	1.6^a	1.5	0.068
95% CI	1.3–2.7	1.2–2.8	1.1–2.3	1.0–2.2
p	0.002	0.005	0.020	0.053
6. It has made me more healthy
OR	1.6^a	1.8^a	0.9	1.2	0.609
95% CI	1.2–2.3	1.2–2.5	0.6–1.2	0.8–1.6
p	0.003	0.001	0.416	0.387
7. It interrupts my learning
OR	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.320
95% CI	0.7–1.9	0.4–0.9	0.4–1.1	0.5–1.5
p	0.593	0.026	0.135	0.677
8. It is not meaningful to spend time on PA during school
OR	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.0	0.334
95% CI	0.8–2.0	0.6–1.4	0.5–1.2	0.7–1.5
p	0.260	0.583	0.191	0.979
9. It is a good idea
OR	2.0^a	2.2^a	1.4	1.5	0.432
95% CI	1.4–2.8	1.6–3.1	1.0–1.9	1.1–2.1
p	0.000	0.000	0.071	0.023