Differences in Leisure Time Physical Activity Predictors in Europe

• Authors: Tjaša Bartolj , Renata Slabe-Erker
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper contributes to the literature by showing that discrepancies in leisure time physical activity between transition and non-transition countries are mainly due to lower activity by persons, who are in relationship, are older, reside in rural areas and/or have a lower income. Unlike existing studies our results of logit models show that, controlling for all other variables, females are equally likely (in transition economies) or more likely (in non-transition economies) to be regularly active in their leisure time than males. We believe that the reason for differences in results is omitted variable bias, since papers that find women to be less active do not control for person’s income.

Keywords

EN

leisure time physical activity; transition; policy measures; quality of life; predictors

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 190
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 239-254

Dates

published

2015-06-30

Contributors

author

Tjaša Bartolj

• The University of Ljubljana,

author

Renata Slabe-Erker

• The University of Ljubljana,