How can socio-economic differences in physical activity among women be explained? A qualitative study Ball, Kylie, Salmon, Jo, Giles-Corti, Billie and Crawford, David 2006, How can socio-economic differences in physical activity among women be explained? A qualitative study, Women & health, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 93-113, doi: 10.1300/J013v43n01_06. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title How can socio-economic differences in physical activity among women be explained? A qualitative study Author(s) Ball, Kylie orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-8415 Salmon, Jo orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-6354 Giles-Corti, Billie Crawford, David orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-7556 Journal name Women & health Volume number 43 Issue number 1 Start page 93 End page 113 Publisher Haworth Press Place of publication Binghampton, NY Publication date 2006 ISSN 0363-0242 Summary This qualitative study investigated why women of low socio-economic status (SES) are less physically active than women of higher-SES. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 high-, 19 mid- and 18 low-SES women. A social-ecological framework, taking into account intrapersonal, social and environmental level influences, was adopted to guide the development of interview questions and interpretation of data. Thematic analysis identified a number of key influences on physical activity that varied by SES. These included negative early life/family physical activity experiences (a consistent theme among those of low-/mid-SES); participation in a wider range of physical activities in leisure time (high-SES); greater priority given to television viewing (low-SES); lack of time due to work commitments (low-SES); lack of time due to family commitments (high-SES); and neighbourhood-level barriers (low-SES). Financial costs were not perceived as a key barrier by women in any SES group. Public health strategies aimed at reducing SES Language eng DOI 10.1300/J013v43n01_06 Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2006, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003679 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 14:13:21 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 14:23:02 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 51 times in TR Web of Science Cited 54 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1250 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:00:02 EST

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