Physical Literacy Survey of 3,077 Chinese College Students

A 2026 survey of 3,077 Chinese college students assessed physical literacy across four dimensions: physical activity capacity, behavior, cognition, and emotional experience. The dataset contains 32 items from a validated scale developed by Rongjing Ni using the Delphi method and questionnaire surveys. Results show significant differences in literacy levels by gender, household registration, grade, university category, and district.

Use Cases

• Analyzing differences in physical activity capacity based on gender and household registration.
• Modeling the relationship between physical activity behavior and emotional experience among college students.
• Comparing physical literacy levels across university categories and districts.
• Validating measurement scales for physical literacy in educational contexts.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a survey of 3,077 respondents, providing a substantive sample size.
• The measurement scale has validated reliability coefficients ranging from 0.731 to 0.821 across four dimensions.
• Includes 32 specific items across the dimensions of capacity, behavior, cognition, and emotional experience.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is specific to Chinese college students, which may limit generalizability to other populations.

Provenance

Source

Rongjing Ni via figshare

Collection Method

Data was gathered using the Delphi method and questionnaire surveys administered to college students.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 17:36:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China