@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:02006144, author = {小林, 寛道 and KOBAYASHI, Kando}, issue = {1}, journal = {総合保健体育科学, Nagoya Journal of Health, Physical Fitness & Sports}, month = {Mar}, note = {It is well pointed out that stature and physical fitness or boys and girls are affected by several environmental factors such as nature, socio-economics and hereditary characters. In the present study, daily life condition of Mexican boys and girls ages of 8 to 18 years was investigated to get informations to discuss their health and physical fitness level. One hundredforty subjects were selected from 4 different socio-economic classes, namely 3 groups of High, Middle and Low from urban district and 1 group from Rural district. Social workers visited on 140 houses of the subjects to ask parents the following items : family constitution (number, age, education and income), facilities of the house (materials, drain, water service, lavatory and etc), content of meal (for two days), and daily life habit of the subjects. This study was carried out at Leon City (1850 m altitude, one million population), Mexico from November in 1980 to January in 1981. The results were as follows; Father's Income : Income in one month was more than 16,000 pesos (1 US$ = 23 pesos) for 82.4% of High class and less than 4,000 pesos for 64.9% of Low class. Education : Percentage of illiteracy for father was zero for High, 6.3% for Middle, 29.7% for Low and 13.3% for Rural, respectively. That for mother was zero for High, 14.3% for Middle, 39.5% for Low and 72.4% for Rural, respectively. Number of children : Average numbers of children were 3.9 for High, 7.4 for Middle, 7.1 for Low and 6.9 for Rural. Facilities of the house : Concrete roof was 100% for High and 73.2% for Low. Floor was made of mosaic tiles for 100% of High, but was an earth floor for 25.6% of Low and 16.1% of Rural. Water service was completed for High but was not inside the house for 19.6% of Middle, 34.0% of Low and 32.3% of Rural, respectively. Flushing lavatory was provided with 92.3% for High, 92.5% for Middle, 62.5% for Low and zero for Rural. Dejection to earth was 3.7% for Middle, 27.5% for Low and 80.6% for Rural. Habit of boys and girls : TV was equipped by 92-96% for High and Middle, and 75.0% for Low and Rural, respectively. The subjects watch TV for 1-3 hours in a day. The time for home work was slightly longer for the subjects of High and Middle than of Low and Rural. Average time for home work and percentage to all subjects were 1 hour for 27.9%, 0.5 hour for 26.5%, 2 hour for 20.6%, 1.5 hour for 5.9% and none for 12.5%, respectively. Average sleeping time was 10.0 hour for 8 years, 9 hour 35 min for 10 years and 9 hour 5 min for 14 years boys and girls, regardless of socio-economic classes. Subject of 46.2% for High, 14.3% for Middle, 2.4% for Low and 6.5% for Rural sleep alone in a bed room. Subjects of 12.5% for Middle, 22.0% for Low and 25.8% for Rural sleep with more than 5 persons in a bed room. Content of meal : They take heavy meal for lunch and light for breakfast and supper. Breakfast ; milk 50% (urban). 20% (Rural). beans and egg (protein) 20-60%. meat and chicken 10-25%. Tortilla 20-70%. bread 20-40% (urban). vegetables and fruit 10%. Lunch ; juice 10-38%. soup 30-35% (Rural). meat 65-75% (High), 30% (Middle, Low and Rural). beans 68% (Low). Tortilla 53-75% (much for Rural). vegetables and fruit 20-30% (High), 10% (Middle, Low and Rural). Supper ; milk 28-57%. beans 28-59%. (no beans for High). As a whole, High take meat more than other classes. Low take meat less. High take bread much and Rural take tortilla much more than other classes. As reported previously, stature, muscle strength and maximum aerobic power were measured for these boys and girls. The results were superior in High to Low. The fact confirmed that health and physical fitness level might be strongly effected by socio-economic status of their family.}, pages = {35--57}, title = {メキシコ人児童生徒の生活実態調査結果}, volume = {5}, year = {1982} }