International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | |
Physical Activity and the Perceived Neighbourhood Environment — Looking at the Association the Other Way Around | |
Birgit Wallmann-Sperlich2  Ingo Froboese1  | |
[1] Institute of Health Promotion and Clinical Movement Science, German Sport University, D-50933 Cologne, Germany; E-Mail:;Institute of Sport Science, Julius-Maximilians University, Würzburg, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany | |
关键词: physical activity; perceived physical environment; sex; association; socio-demographic; correlates; Europe; Germany; transport-related physical activity; recreation-related physical activity; | |
DOI : 10.3390/ijerph110808093 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
The association between physical activity (PA) and variables of the perceived environment mainly originate from cross-sectional studies that introduced the idea that the environment influences the PA level of residents. However, the direction of cause and effect has not been solved with finality. The aim of this study was to investigate whether residents’ perception of their proximate environment differs depending on their level of PA in transport and recreation. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with residents of six different parts of the city of Cologne, Germany. The sample of 470 adults (52.8% females; mean age = 35.5 ± 13.8 years) filled in the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ), as well as the European Environmental Questionnaire ALPHA. To distinguish between residents with “low” and “high” PA, we split the samples into two on the basis of the specific median in transport- and recreation-related PA. In the “high”
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