Age, gender, and urban-rural differences in the correlates of physical activity
Age, gender, and urban-rural differences in the correlates of physical activity
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.024
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发表时间：
2004-12-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Fodor, G
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作者：
Plotnikoff, RC;Mayhew, A;Fodor, G
背景大多数人口不活跃，迄今为止促进定期体育活动的战略效果有限。需要进一步的研究来确定不同亚组中身体活动的相关性，以设计更有效的干预措施。本研究旨在确定男性和女性，城市和农村地理位置以及四个不同年龄组（18-25岁; 26-45岁; 46-59岁;和60岁以上）的身体活动的相关性。这项研究采用了加拿大一个大型省级家庭随机样本（N = 20，606）的数据。分析被用来检查解释在自我报告的身体活动的变异量的人口统计学和/或生物，心理，行为，社会和环境变量在每个亚组。锻炼的朋友比例、过去身体活动造成的伤害、教育水平、自认为的健康状况和饮酒量是各亚组中最强的相关因素。在所有检查的亚组中，许多相关性被确定为显著。不同年龄组之间的体育活动相关因素差异最大，而城乡居民和性别之间差异较小。皇冠版权（C）2004年由癌症预防研究所和爱思唯尔公司出版。All rights reserved.
Background. The majority of the population is inactive, and strategies to date for promoting regular physical activity have been limited in their effectiveness. Further research is needed to identify correlates of physical activity in different subgroups to design more efficacious interventions. This study sought to identify correlates of physical activity across men and women, urban and rural geographical locations, and four distinct age groups (18-25; 26-45; 46-59; and 60+).Methods. This study employed data from a large provincial household random sample (N = 20,606) of Canadians. Analyses were utilized to examine the amount of variance explained in self-reported physical activity by a number of demographic and/or biological, psychological, behavioral, social, and environmental variables within each subgroup.Results. Proportion of friends who exercise, injury from past physical activity, educational level, perceived health status, and alcohol consumption were among the strongest correlates across subgroups.Conclusions. A number of correlates were identified as being significant across all subgroups examined. Most differences in the correlates of physical activity were found within different age groups rather than among urban and rural residents and gender. Crown Copyright (C) 2004 Published by The Institute For Cancer Prevention and Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.