The impact of individual and environmental interventions on income inequalities in sports participation: explorations with an agent-based model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Income inequalities in sports participation are shaped by a system in which individuals and the environment interact. We developed an agent-based model (ABM) that could represent this system and used it to provide a proof-of-concept of its potential to explore the impact of individual and environmental interventions on reducing inequalities in sports participation.

Methods

Our ABM simulates sports participation of individuals in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. In the model, sports participation is determined by an individual's tendency to start sports (at a fitness center, sports club or self-organized), which is influenced by attributes of individuals (i.e. age, sex, income), sports facilities (i.e. price, accessibility) and the social environment (i.e. social cohes

SUBMITTER: Blok DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211418 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature