Using Shanghai Municipal Data to Examine the Impact of Education on the Exercise Behavior of Students

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10.2991/assehr.k.211223.055How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Over-education; Student’s exercise behavior; Sports participation

Abstract

The competitive education environment in China encourages students to take additional private tutoring as they advance through their education system. We examine whether their incentive to take extra tutoring classes will undermine their propensity to exercise, potentially affecting their long-term health. Using a survey on sports behavior and consumption for Shanghai residence ages 6 to 17, we found that on average, students that advance through a year in education spend 0.169 fewer days of weekly exercise and are 1.38 percent less likely to spend on training. In other words, when compared to an average sixth-grade student, a twelfth-grade student spends a day less in exercise per week and is 8.3 percent less likely to spend less on sports training. It demonstrated that the additional private lessons reduce leisure time, causing students to cut down on their frequency to exercise. We find that on average, students make up for the lack of exercise and sports training by watching more sports events and spending more on sports expenditure.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Cheah Hon Foong
AU  - Catur Supriyanto
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Using Shanghai Municipal Data to Examine the Impact of Education on the Exercise Behavior of Students
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2021 (IJCAH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 312
EP  - 318
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211223.055
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211223.055
ID  - Foong2021
ER  -