Assessment of health related physical fitness, socio economic status and psychomotor ability of tribal school going children of west Bengal
Journal Title: Biology of Exercise - Year 2014, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
The present study was aimed at assessment of health related physical fitness, socio economic status and psychomotor ability of tribal school going children of West Bengal. Five hundred subjects age ranging from 14 to 16 years from four different districts of West Bengal namely North 24 parganas, South 24 parganas, Cooch Behar and Burdwan were selected for the study. The study was restricted to the Health Related Physical Fitness variables, Socio Economic Status Questionnaire by Rajeev Lochan Bharadwaj and Reaction ability to measure Socio economic status and Psychomotor ability of tribal school going children respectively. Associations of Health related Physical fitness with Socio Economic Status and psychomotor ability of Tribal School Children of West Bengal was examined by using correlation technique. Further to assess the Health related physical fitness, Socio Economic Status and psychomotor ability of Tribal School Children of West Bengal, percentile scale was used.
Authors and Affiliations
GOPAL CHANDRA SAHA| Department of Physical Education, Jadavpur University, India
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