Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS)

Physical fitness measure of person, measure

Physical fitness measure refers to a series of exercises performed by a person to measure the extent of his or her physical abilities.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Centimetres
• Kilograms
• Millilitres per kilogram per minute
• Number of times

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Percentiles
• Physical fitness