Socioeconomic position and physical activity among women in Melbourne, Australia: Does the use of different socioeconomic indicators matter?

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• 作者：Verity Cleland^a ; ^b ; ^{verity.cleland@utas.edu.au} ; Kylie Ball^a ; David Crawford^a
• 关键词：Indicators ; Exercise behaviour ; Adult females ; Leisure-time ; Disadvantage ; Inequality ; Australia ; Socioeconomic position
• 刊名：Social Science and Medicine
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：242_02779536
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 卷：74
• 期：10
• 页码：1578-1583
• 文件大小：141 K

摘要

This study aimed to identify which indicators of socioeconomic position (SEP) are independently associated with leisure-time physical activity among women. In 2005, women (n聽=聽1166; 18-65 years) from Melbourne, Australia, reported their own (education, occupation, income), their partner's (education, occupation), their household (home ownership, ability to cope with income), and their neighbourhood (area-level) SEP, and leisure-time physical activity. Multinomial logistic regression examined associations between SEP indicators and leisure-time physical activity categorized as: none (no min/week; reference group), insufficient (1-149聽min/week), and sufficient (鈮?50聽min/week). In the fully adjusted model, lower education, lower partner's education (where applicable), and non-home ownership were independently associated with between 33%and 50%lower odds of sufficient physical activity, while lower income and lower area-level SEP were associated with 40%lower odds of insufficient physical activity. Understandings of socioeconomic inequalities in physical activity among women may be enhanced if a range of SEP indicators are used, particularly education, partner's education and home ownership.