Urban area disadvantage and physical activity: a multilevel study in Melbourne, Australia

Objective: To estimate variation between small areas in the levels of walking, cycling, jogging, and swimming and overall physical activity and the importance of area level socioeconomic disadvantage in predicting physical activity participation. Methods: All census collector districts (CCDs) in the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2005-11, Vol.59 (11), p.934-940
Hauptverfasser:	Kavanagh, Anne M, Goller, Jane L, King, Tania, Jolley, Damien, Crawford, David, Turrell, Gavin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Cardiovascular disease CCD census collector district Censuses Central business districts Cross-Sectional Studies Exercise Female General aspects Health promotion Households Humans Jogging Leisure Activities Local government Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellaneous multilevel analysis Multilevel models Neighborhoods Parks & recreation areas Participation physical activity Physical fitness Population Principal components analysis Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Research Report Research Reports SES Small-Area Analysis Social Class Socioeconomic factors Socioeconomic status Socioeconomics Studies Surveys and Questionnaires Swimming Urban areas Urban Health Victoria Walking
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective: To estimate variation between small areas in the levels of walking, cycling, jogging, and swimming and overall physical activity and the importance of area level socioeconomic disadvantage in predicting physical activity participation. Methods: All census collector districts (CCDs) in the 20 innermost local government areas in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia, were identified and ranked by the percentage of low income households (
ISSN:	0143-005X 1470-2738
DOI:	10.1136/jech.2005.035931