Author(s): Swati and Dr. Thingnam Nandalal Singh

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to compare life style and physical activity between hosteller and non-hosteller female students of Chandigarh. For the purpose of the study, total 400 students (Hosteller-200 and Non-hosteller-200) were selected conveniently and purposively as the subject. The subjects were selected from Government Colleges of Chandigarh. The age of the subjects ranged from 18 to 25 years. Life Style was assessed with the help of Life Style Assessment Inventory developed by Anspaugh, Hamrick and Rasato (1994) and Physical Activity was assessed with the help of Physical Activity Index developed by Mayfield (2006). To compare the mean differences between Hosteller and Non-Hosteller students of Government College, descriptive Statistics i.e. mean, standard deviation and t- test were used. The level of significance was set as 0.05 levels. The results of the study indicate insignificant difference between Government hosteller and non-hosteller female students on the variables of lifestyle and physical activity as obtained p-value is greater than 0.05.

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