Gender equality predicts leisure-time physical activity: benefits for both sexes across 34 countries
Abstract: Although countries’ gender equality is associated with important health outcomes, especially for females, it remains unclear whether gender equality is associated with leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). Data from 34 countries was acquired from the International Social Survey Program, the Pew Research Forum, the United Nations, and the World Bank. Separate analyses were conducted for 21,502 males and 26,652 females. Hierarchal nonlinear Bernoulli modeling was used to examine the association between gender equality and participation in LTPA. Both males and females residing in countries’ with higher gender equality were more likely (twice and three times more likely, respectively) to report weekly LTPA than those residing in countries characterized by low gender equality. These effects persisted even when controlling for individual (i.e. age, education) and country-level (i.e. population, gross domestic product) covariates. However, significant variation in LTPA persisted at the c
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Cogent Psychology ; 3 (2016) ; 7
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Sport
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Mannheim
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2016
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Balish, Shea M.
Deanner, Robert O
Blanchard, Chris
Rainham, Daniel
Rathwell, Scott
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10.1080/23311908.2016.1174183
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019052715505521103216
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Balish, Shea M.
- Deanner, Robert O
- Blanchard, Chris
- Rainham, Daniel
- Rathwell, Scott
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- 2016
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