The effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan

Physical activity (PA) is important in ensuring a healthy population. It is dependent on various socio-demographic (SD) factors, such as age, gender, employment and marital status. A limited number of studies have investigated the relationship between SD factors and PA but research exploring this re...

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Main Authors:	Gul, Yasmeen, Sultan, Zahid, Moeinaddini, Mehdi, Jokhio, Gul A.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Routledge 2019
Subjects:	HT Communities. Classes. Races TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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spelling	ump-250592019-07-04T03:09:42Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25059/ The effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan Gul, Yasmeen Sultan, Zahid Moeinaddini, Mehdi Jokhio, Gul A. HT Communities. Classes. Races TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Physical activity (PA) is important in ensuring a healthy population. It is dependent on various socio-demographic (SD) factors, such as age, gender, employment and marital status. A limited number of studies have investigated the relationship between SD factors and PA but research exploring this relationship from the perspective of gated and non-gated neighbourhoods is scarcer. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between SD factors and PA variables in gated and nongated neighbourhoods in Karachi Pakistan. Results of the independent sample t-test and Pearson chi-square showed that young and single people do more sports activities in gated neighbourhoods. Women, unemployed people and public transport users walk more in non-gated neighbourhoods. In conclusion, future neighbourhoods should have more pedestrian friendly areas and a larger number of PA facilities, rather than building more walls and gates. Routledge 2019-07-03 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25059/1/The%20effects%20of%20socio-demographic%20factors%20on%20physical%20activity%20.pdf Gul, Yasmeen and Sultan, Zahid and Moeinaddini, Mehdi and Jokhio, Gul A. (2019) The effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan. Sport in Society, 22 (7). pp. 1225-1239. ISSN 1743-0437 https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2018.1508208 https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2018.1508208
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spellingShingle	HT Communities. Classes. Races TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Gul, Yasmeen Sultan, Zahid Moeinaddini, Mehdi Jokhio, Gul A. The effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan
description	Physical activity (PA) is important in ensuring a healthy population. It is dependent on various socio-demographic (SD) factors, such as age, gender, employment and marital status. A limited number of studies have investigated the relationship between SD factors and PA but research exploring this relationship from the perspective of gated and non-gated neighbourhoods is scarcer. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between SD factors and PA variables in gated and nongated neighbourhoods in Karachi Pakistan. Results of the independent sample t-test and Pearson chi-square showed that young and single people do more sports activities in gated neighbourhoods. Women, unemployed people and public transport users walk more in non-gated neighbourhoods. In conclusion, future neighbourhoods should have more pedestrian friendly areas and a larger number of PA facilities, rather than building more walls and gates.
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author	Gul, Yasmeen Sultan, Zahid Moeinaddini, Mehdi Jokhio, Gul A.
author_facet	Gul, Yasmeen Sultan, Zahid Moeinaddini, Mehdi Jokhio, Gul A.
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title	The effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan
title_short	The effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan
title_full	The effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan
title_fullStr	The effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed	The effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan
title_sort	effects of socio-demographic factors on physical activity in gated and non-gated neighbourhoods in karachi, pakistan
publisher	Routledge
publishDate	2019
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