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The relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and physical inactivity among adolescents living in Boston, Massachusetts

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  • Pabayo, R.
  • Molnar, B.E.
  • Cradock, A.
  • Kawachi, I.

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Objectives. We sought to determine whether the socioeconomic environment was associated with no participation in physical activity among adolescents in Boston, Massachusetts. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from 1878 urban adolescents living in 38 neighborhoods who participated in the 2008 Boston Youth Survey, a biennial survey of high school students (aged 14-19 years). We used multilevel multiple regression models to determine the association between neighborhood-level exposures of economic deprivation, social fragmentation, social cohesion, danger and disorder, and students' reports of no participation in physical activity in the previous week. Results. High social fragmentation within the residential neighborhood was associated with an increased likelihood of being inactive (odds ratio = 1.53; 95% confidence interval = 1.14, 2.05). No other neighborhood exposures were associated with physical inactivity. Conclusions. Social fragmentation might be an important correlate of physical inactivity among youths living in urban settings. Interventions might be needed to assist youths living in unstable neighborhoods to be physically active. © 2014, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Pabayo, R. & Molnar, B.E. & Cradock, A. & Kawachi, I., 2014. "The relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and physical inactivity among adolescents living in Boston, Massachusetts," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 104(11), pages 142-149.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302109_0
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302109
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    1. Roman Pabayo & Michel Janosz & Sherri Bisset & Ichiro Kawachi, 2014. "School Social Fragmentation, Economic Deprivation and Social Cohesion and Adolescent Physical Inactivity: A Longitudinal Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(6), pages 1-12, June.
    2. Morgan N. Clennin & Min Lian & Natalie Colabianchi & Andrew Kaczynski & Marsha Dowda & Russell R. Pate, 2019. "Associations among Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation, Physical Activity Facilities, and Physical Activity in Youth during the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-13, October.

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