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

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

听	Boys (n鈥�=鈥�1283)	Girls (n鈥�=鈥�1673)	颁辞丑别苍鈥檚 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	&濒迟;鈥�0.0001
Daily Behaviour (/32)	19.7 (6.1)	18.4 (5.8)	0.22	&濒迟;鈥�0.0001
Motivation and Confidence (/18)	12.9 (2.7)	12.4 (2.5)	0.18	&濒迟;鈥�0.0001
Knowledge and Understanding (/18)	11.9 (2.8)	12.3 (2.6)	鈭�0.14	0.0001
Physical Literacy (/100)	64.6 (11.0)	62.5 (10.0)	0.20	&濒迟;鈥�0.0001

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

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