Leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income:cross-sectional survey of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study
Abstract We apply neoclassical economic modelling augmented with behavioral aspects to provide a detailed empirical investigation into indicators of socio-economic status (SES) as determinants of leisure-time physical activity. We utilize the data from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 obtained...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2021121761489 2023-12-24T10:23:33+01:00 Leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income:cross-sectional survey of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study Huikari, S. (Sanna) Junttila, H. (Hanna) Ala-Mursula, L. (Leena) Jämsä, T. (Timo) Korpelainen, R. (Raija) Miettunen, J. (Jouko) Svento, R. (Rauli) Korhonen, M. (Marko) 2021 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021121761489 eng eng Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2021 Elsevier B.V. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Cohort study Health Income Logistic regression Physical activity Socio-economic status info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2021 ftunivoulu 2023-11-30T00:00:31Z Abstract We apply neoclassical economic modelling augmented with behavioral aspects to provide a detailed empirical investigation into indicators of socio-economic status (SES) as determinants of leisure-time physical activity. We utilize the data from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 obtained at the most recent time point during 2012–2014 (response rate 67 %), at which time the participants were approximately 46 years old. Our final study sample consists of 3,335 employed participants (1520 men, 1815 women; 32.3 % of the target population). We apply logistic regression methods for estimating how the probability of being physically active is related to various indicators of socio-economic status, taking into account physical activity at work and individual lifestyle, family- and health-related factors. Overall, our findings show that belonging to a higher socio-economic group, whether defined by income level, educational attainment, or occupational status, is associated with higher leisure-time physical activity. However, when we analyze different socio-economic groups, defined in terms of education, income and occupation, separately, we find that income is not a significant determinant of leisure-time physical activity within any of the particular SES groups. Further, we find that leisure-time physical activity is negatively associated with higher screen time (i.e., watching TV and sitting at a computer), and other aspects of unhealthy lifestyle, and positively associated with self-assessed health. In addition, we note that proxies for individual motivational factors and childhood physical activity, such as the grade point average and the grade achieved in physical education when leaving basic education, are strongly correlated with leisure-time physical activity in middle age among men, but not among women. Our results are in line with behavioral economics reasoning that social comparisons and environments affect behaviors. We emphasize the importance of considering behavioral economic factors when ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Cohort study Health Income Logistic regression Physical activity Socio-economic status Huikari, S. (Sanna) Junttila, H. (Hanna) Ala-Mursula, L. (Leena) Jämsä, T. (Timo) Korpelainen, R. (Raija) Miettunen, J. (Jouko) Svento, R. (Rauli) Korhonen, M. (Marko) Leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income:cross-sectional survey of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study |
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Abstract We apply neoclassical economic modelling augmented with behavioral aspects to provide a detailed empirical investigation into indicators of socio-economic status (SES) as determinants of leisure-time physical activity. We utilize the data from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 obtained at the most recent time point during 2012–2014 (response rate 67 %), at which time the participants were approximately 46 years old. Our final study sample consists of 3,335 employed participants (1520 men, 1815 women; 32.3 % of the target population). We apply logistic regression methods for estimating how the probability of being physically active is related to various indicators of socio-economic status, taking into account physical activity at work and individual lifestyle, family- and health-related factors. Overall, our findings show that belonging to a higher socio-economic group, whether defined by income level, educational attainment, or occupational status, is associated with higher leisure-time physical activity. However, when we analyze different socio-economic groups, defined in terms of education, income and occupation, separately, we find that income is not a significant determinant of leisure-time physical activity within any of the particular SES groups. Further, we find that leisure-time physical activity is negatively associated with higher screen time (i.e., watching TV and sitting at a computer), and other aspects of unhealthy lifestyle, and positively associated with self-assessed health. In addition, we note that proxies for individual motivational factors and childhood physical activity, such as the grade point average and the grade achieved in physical education when leaving basic education, are strongly correlated with leisure-time physical activity in middle age among men, but not among women. Our results are in line with behavioral economics reasoning that social comparisons and environments affect behaviors. We emphasize the importance of considering behavioral economic factors when ... |
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Huikari, S. (Sanna) Junttila, H. (Hanna) Ala-Mursula, L. (Leena) Jämsä, T. (Timo) Korpelainen, R. (Raija) Miettunen, J. (Jouko) Svento, R. (Rauli) Korhonen, M. (Marko) |
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Huikari, S. (Sanna) Junttila, H. (Hanna) Ala-Mursula, L. (Leena) Jämsä, T. (Timo) Korpelainen, R. (Raija) Miettunen, J. (Jouko) Svento, R. (Rauli) Korhonen, M. (Marko) |
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Leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income:cross-sectional survey of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study |
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Leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income:cross-sectional survey of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study |
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Leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income:cross-sectional survey of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study |
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Leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income:cross-sectional survey of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study |
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Leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income:cross-sectional survey of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study |
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leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income:cross-sectional survey of the northern finland birth cohort 1966 study |
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