Table 1 Characteristics of the male and female netball players who completed the survey and associations between each characteristic variable and sex
Total (n = 2925) | Male (n = 279) | Female (n = 2646) | x2 | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Age (years) | |||||
16–24 | 1574 (53.8) | 96 (34.4) | 1478 (55.9) | 46.72 | < 0.001* |
25–34 | 763 (26.1) | 115 (41.2) | 648 (24.5) | 36.63 | < 0.001* |
35–44 | 395 (13.5) | 51 (18.3) | 344 (13.0) | 6.02 | 0.014 |
45–54 | 150 (5.1) | 13 (4.7) | 137 (5.2) | 0.14 | 0.709 |
55–64 | 36 (1.2) | 4 (1.4) | 32 (1.2) | 0.1 | 0.747 |
65+ | 7 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 7 (0.3) | 0.74 | 0.39 |
Country of competition | |||||
Australia | 2327 (79.6) | 240 (86.0) | 2087 (78.9) | 7.93 | 0.005* |
United Kingdom | 415 (14.2) | 3 (1.1) | 412 (15.6) | 43.56 | < 0.001* |
New Zealand | 99 (3.4) | 20 (7.2) | 79 (3.0) | 13.5 | < 0.001* |
Other | 51 (1.7) | 13 (4.7) | 38 (1.4) | 15.31 | < 0.001* |
South Africa | 33 (1.1) | 3 (1.1) | 30 (1.1) | 0.01 | 0.93 |
Competition level | |||||
Amateur | 1529 (52.3) | 44 (15.8) | 1485 (56.1) | 165.64 | < 0.001* |
Sub-elite | 1052 (36.0) | 48 (17.2) | 1004 (37.9) | 47.32 | < 0.001* |
Elite | 332 (11.4) | 186 (66.7) | 146 (5.5) | 937.76 | < 0.001* |
Not specified | 12 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 11 (0.4) | – | – |
Playing position | |||||
Attack | 860 (29.4) | 91 (32.6) | 769 (29.1) | 1.54 | 0.215 |
Defence | 807 (27.6) | 81 (29.0) | 726 (27.4) | 0.32 | 0.571 |
Mid-court | 746 (25.5) | 68 (24.4) | 678 (25.6) | 0.21 | 0.648 |
Other | 512 (17.5) | 39 (14.0) | 473 (17.9) | 2.66 | 0.103 |