Survey about Exercise and Stress

LARISSA VASCONCELOS


My group was formed by me, Solan, Mohammad and John. I went to the Business building to get my surveys answered. Our research was about how American and International people feel about exercises. We interviewed 82 students, 42 Americans and 40 Internationals. Of these people, we also divided by gender; 47 were male and 35 were female. The hypothesis is Americans like and practice more exercise than people from other nationalities.

The survey shows that, in general, men are more interested in exercise than women, whether American or International. According to survey responses, for women the main reason that keeps them away from Rec Center, for example, is that they do not have a partner. On the other hand, for men, the main cause is lack of time.

This study showed us some interesting aspects such as viewpoints between men and women, and Americans and Internationals. For women, 80% of Americans chose health and relieving stress as the thing more attractive in doing exercises, against 20% that chose socializing and having fun as a main reason. The international women showed a close percentage with the same opinion, with about 87% and 13%, respectively. While for men, Americans seem divided with 59% that chose health and relieving stress and 41% thinking that the more attractive thing is socializing and having fun. When we compare them with the International ones, there is a considerable difference, where 80% chose health and relieving stress as the first reason to do exercise against 20% that chose socializing and having fun.

Finally, this research shows that, according to students, Americans are more interested in exercises than Internationals. About 79% think that Americans are more interested against 21% of Internationals.

In short, this survey was very interesting because we could have some idea about differences and similarities among men, women, Americans and Internationals. When we consider the result of the survey, I must say that I was surprised about the indexes, which indicates that Americans like more exercise than another nationalities people. My surprise can be justified by the fact that many times we created stereotypes about some people, so this survey was important to show that this stereotype is not accurate.

My suggestion for future studies is that people should interview another age bracket. So, we would to be able to compare and to know if the results would be the same.