Time and Money: A New Look at Poverty and the Barriers to Physical Activity in Canada

Autor/inn/en	Spinney, Jamie; Millward, Hugh
Titel	Time and Money: A New Look at Poverty and the Barriers to Physical Activity in Canada
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 99 (2010) 2, S.341-356 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-010-9585-8
Schlagwörter	Physical Activities; Poverty; Income; Time Management; Public Health; Foreign Countries; Barriers; Social Indicators; Sociometric Techniques; Comparative Analysis; Socioeconomic Influences; Physical Activity Level; Health Behavior; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Einkommen; Zeitmanagement; Gesundheitswesen; Ausland; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Soziometrie; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Kanada
Abstract	The relationship between time, money, and regular participation in physical activities, especially at the intensities and durations required to improve one's health, is an important public health and social policy issue. The objective of this research is to develop a better understanding of the extent to which income poverty and time poverty act as barriers to regular participation in moderate or higher intensity physical activities. This study uses Canadian time use data collected in 2005 in order to measure income poverty, time poverty, and active living. Objective measures of physical activity engagement (participation rates, daily occurrences, and daily time budgets) are used to explore differences between the rich and poor categories of both income and time wealth. The income and time wealth categories are corroborated using subjective assessments of stress and perceived barriers to regular participation in sports. The results illustrate the multidimensional nature of poverty, but from a public health and social policy perspective, time poverty may be more important than income poverty as a barrier to regular physical activity engagement. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10