Publication:

Assessment of physical literacy amongst school going children aged 10-17 years: a survey study

Background Physical literacy term outlines, the physical competence, confidence, knowledge, motivation and understanding that an individual developed intending to keep physical activity at an appreciable level all throughout their life. The. need of the study is to find out the prevalence of physical literacy in children and do they inculcate it into their lives.

Methods The study was conducted on students aged 10-17 years from schools in and around Pune using the Canadian assessment of physical literacy-2 scale.

Results It was found that prevalence of physical literacy for boys was 72.61% for girls’ prevalence of physical literacy was 64.02% with knowledge domain being most affected in both.

Conclusions It was being concluded that physical literacy was more affected in females influencing factors being social, environmental and biological. Knowledge and understanding domain were affected the most.