Physical activity disparities across Europe: clustering European regions by health-related physical activity levels

Lera López, Fernando; Marco, Rocío

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Physical activity disparities across Europe: clustering European regions by health-related physical activity levels

dc.contributor.author	Lera López, Fernando
dc.contributor.author	Marco, Rocío
dc.contributor.department	Economía	es_ES
dc.contributor.department	Ekonomia	eu
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-28T11:56:21Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-28T11:56:21Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.date.updated	2022-06-28T09:41:13Z
dc.description.abstract	In the context of stagnating global levels of physical activity (PA), this study examines the geographical segmentation of PA at the regional level (196 regions) in Europe. Cluster analysis and multinomial logistic regression are applied. Cluster analysis provides a taxonomy of four differentiated groups according to the health-related PA levels of the European regions. This taxonomy shows that there are significant regional disparities among European countries in terms of the regional PA level. The cluster profiles in terms of regional socioeconomic characteristics are described for each group, emphasizing the regional characteristics associated with PA. Regional economic variables, tertiary education and social Internet use are significant variables for characterizing the types of regions. The results emphasize the relevance of a European regional approach for reducing inter-regional PA disparities and improving health through PA in Europe. Practical implications of this research are based on regional European coordination, such as collaborative models of sport infrastructure use, co-financing of inter-regional facilities, mutual physical educational scholar programs and promotion of common inter-regional sport competitions and sporting events. Finally, formal schemes for exchanging of best regional practices to promote health-enhancing PA might increase the perception and the role of PA at the regional level in the European society.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad and FEDER [grant number ECO2017-86305-C4-4-R AEI/FEDER	en
dc.format.extent	12 p.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Lera-López, F.; Marco, R.. (2022). Physical activity disparities across Europe: clustering European regions by health-related physical activity levels. Health Promotion International 37,2 .	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1093/heapro/daab157
dc.identifier.issn	0957-4824
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/43229
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Health Promotion International, 2022, 37 (2),0-0	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab157
dc.rights	© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License	en
dc.rights.accessRights	Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia	es
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Physical activity	en
dc.subject	Health	en
dc.subject	Sports participation	en
dc.subject	European regions	en
dc.subject	Cluster analysis	en
dc.subject	Disparity	en
dc.subject	Taxonomy	en
dc.title	Physical activity disparities across Europe: clustering European regions by health-related physical activity levels	en
dc.type	Artículo / Artikulua	es
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