Contemporary and dynamic effects of socio-economic factors on physical (in)activity: Does intensity matter?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This paper identifies varying contemporary and dynamic effects of socio-economic factors on individuals' decisions to allocate their time to physical activities when the intensity of these activities comes into play.

Methods

Based on repeated cross-sectional data sourced from the Argentinean National Risk Factor Surveys of 2005, 2009, and 2013, we developed 18 fictitious cohorts to set up a pseudo panel. To address endogeneity problems, four econometric specifications were estimated: OLS, Heckman two-stage model, fixed- and random-effects models.

Results

We find that changes in the opportunity cost of time are highly significant and provide shifts in individuals' decisions regarding the allocation of their time to physical activity consumption. When consider

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Witulski CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9583268 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature