Reasons influencing physical inactivity-sport in Post-compulsory Secondary Education

The purpose of this study is to determine why the or student from Almeria in Post Compulsory Secondary Education (ESPO), has never practiced physical activity and sport in their spare time or have abandoned the practice, checking whether this attitude has changed after three years. Data were collected through a questionnaire administered to a representative group of 1014 students in the academic year 2001/02. These data have been compared with those obtained in the 1998-99 academic year among 1375 students of the same characteristics, in both +/- 3% for a confidence level of studies assuming a sampling error of 95.5%. The results show that no changes were found after three years in the order of the main reasons given by students of ESPO and even percentages remain similar. The most mentioned reasons both in and out for not having done before physical activity and sports are lack of time, laziness and unwillingness staff, the incompatibility of the hours of practice with the personal obligations and feeling tired because of the work or study.