The Relation between Sex, Age, Body Mass Index, and Physical Fitness with Elderly Participation in Development Nurlan Kusmaedi (a*), Sumardiyanto (b), Septian Williyanto (c),Wildan Alfia Nugroho (d)
Fakultas Pendidikan Olahraga dan Kesehatan, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
Active participation in development requires several pre-requirements, including sex, age, body mass index, and physical fitness. This study aimed to reveal the relationship between sex, age, body mass index, and physical fitness with the level of active participation of the elderly in development. The research method used is descriptive correlational. Samples were taken from the sports association of the elderly who live in the Pasir Layung Village of Bandung City as many as 30 people. The results showed a sex relationship to TPA with a percentage of 58.5% for men and 41.5% for women, the relationship between age and TPA with a Sig. 0.000 <Sig α with r = -0.637- the relationship between BMI and TPA is the Sig. 0,000 <Sig. α with a value of r = -0.826, and the relationship between physical fitness and TPA with the Sig. 0,000 <Sig. α with a value of r = 0.857. This study concludes that there is a relationship between sex, age, body mass index, and physical fitness with the level of active participation of the elderly in development.
Keywords: elderly physical fitness, participation in development.
