Social factors influence to students' lifestyle

This final thesis aims to examine the social factors influence to the student’s lifestyle. Our destination was to set the features of student’s lifestyle, social living surroundings and student’s physical activity, point of view of student’s to physical education and social-economical factors connection with student’s lifestyle. The paper employs theory sources analysis, questionnaire and statistical analysis methods. Questionnaire was fulfilling in October 2005. Unsigned questionnaire participate 371 sophomores and seniors from Vilnius Pedagogical University, Mykolo Romerio University and Vilnius University. The results of research: 1. Questionnaire found out these features of student’s lifestyle: • 59.0% of students are sleeping just 5-7 hours a day, one of two students doesn���t eat breakfast, just one of five – has regular meal, because they hard studying and hard working; • 25.0% of students spend more than 14 hours a week on the computer; 22.0% of students watch TV about 15-22 hours a week; 13.0% of students read books about 13-19 hours a week. • One of four students smokes cigarette. Boys are smoking more and oftener than girls. 15.0% of students smoke every day, 22.0% - 3-4 times a week; • 72.0% of students have harmful habits; they drink alcohol often and very often. Boys are drinking alcohol more than girls. Even 22.0% of students used to try a drug. 2. Research showed that student’s physical activity is to low to be healthy and physically fit, only one of four students do regular exercises. One of three students thinks that their physical activity increased to compeer it with high school. Just 18.5% students do sports and exercise every day or 3-4 times a week, 36.0% - ones a month. Students like do sports or take exercises solo or in the gym. If students care about their physical and psychical health, than they take exercises oftener and more regular. 64.7% of students think they are enough healthy. 3. After examining student’s living surroundings, we can say, that 39.0% sophomores and seniors rent a flat, 34.6% - live together with their parents, 29.4% - live in a dormitory. Every other student get about 200-250 Lt Income per month, 12.0% - just 200 Lt, 16.0% - more than 800 Lt. 31.2% sophomores have a job, 50.3% seniors are working. We examined, that boys are working more than girls. Student’s work tone is very different: 18.0% of students work all day, 20.0% - part time, 10.5% - in the evening, 7.0% - only on weekends. 68.8% of students are using public transport. 4. Questionnaire identificated that in all dimension (valuable, emotional, social) point of view of student’s to physical education is positive. Student’s who have positive point of view to physical education they care more themselves psychical health as well. Student’s who had negative valuable point of view to physical education they used to do sports in high school less. 54.0% of seniors have chosen physical education as optional thing and just 28.0% of sophomores have chosen physical education as optional lesson. There’re a few very important motives why students like to do exercises: sport is hobby, they want to have a nice body and they want to recover after psychical strain 5. Finally we found out, that student’s lifestyle is influenced by such social factors as place of residence and social-economical condition: • There’re more students who are working than non working and they sleep just 5 hours a day; • 31.5% of students who are living together with their parents they have regular meal, while just 3.6% of students who are living in dormitory have normal nutrition. Every other working student eat ones or twice a day, while half of non working students eat 2-3 times a day; • Students who are living in a dormitory drink alcohol often and very often, more than students who are living together with their parents. Students who rent a flat with friends and live without owner drink alcohol more than other students. Students who live with owner in a flat or who live alone in dormitory, they smoke very seldom. Students who have regular exercises, they hardly ever drink alcohol; • There is no connection between exercises regularity, periodicity and income level and living surroundings (parents flat, rent a flat, dormitory).Švietimo akademijaVytauto Didžiojo universiteta