Municipal resources to promote adult physical activity - a multilevel follow-up study

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Finland, local authorities (municipalities) provide many services, including sports and physical activity facilities such as pedestrian and bicycle ways and lanes, parks, sports arenas and pools. This study aimed to determine whether local authorities can promote physical activity by allocating resources to physical activity facilities.

Methods

The data on municipality expenditure on physical activity and sports, number of sports associations receiving subsidies from the municipality, kilometers of ways for pedestrians and bicycles and hectares of parks in 1999 and 2010 were gathered from national registers. These data were combined using unique municipal codes with individual survey data on leisure-time physical activity (N = 3193) and commuting physical ac

SUBMITTER: Kuvaja-Kollner V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9206276 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature