Leisure-Time Physical Activity Disparities Among Hispanic Subgroups in the United States

Studies of leisure-time physical activity disparities for Hispanic individuals have not adjusted for sociodemographic confounds or accounted for variation by country of origin. We used the National Health Interview Survey to compare leisure-time physical activity among Hispanic and non-Hispanic Whit...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 98; no. 8; pp. 1460 - 1464
Main Authors Neighbors, Charles J, Marquez, David X, Marcus, Bess H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01.08.2008
American Public Health Association
Subjects
Acculturation
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Disease control
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Exercise
Female
Health Behavior - ethnology
Health care
Health insurance
Health Surveys
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Leisure
Leisure Activities
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Mens health
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Physical fitness
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Regression analysis
Research and Practice
Risk factors
Sex Factors
Smoking - epidemiology
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic factors
Sports medicine
Surveillance
United States - epidemiology
Variables
Womens health
United States
North America
America
Physical exercise
Human
Leisure
Disparity
Latinamerican
Hispanic
Public health
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Summary:Studies of leisure-time physical activity disparities for Hispanic individuals have not adjusted for sociodemographic confounds or accounted for variation by country of origin. We used the National Health Interview Survey to compare leisure-time physical activity among Hispanic and non-Hispanic White persons. All Hispanic subgroups were less active than were non-Hispanic White people, yet significant heterogeneity existed among Hispanic persons. Sociodemographic factors partly accounted for disparities among men; disparities among women persisted despite multivariate adjustments. Interventions must attend to these under-served yet varied sub-communities.
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Peer Reviewed
Requests for reprints should be sent to Charles J. Neighbors, PhD, MBA, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 633 Third Ave, New York, NY 10017 (e-mail: cneighbors@casacolumbia.org).
Contributors…C. J. Neighbors and D. X. Marquez originated the study and created the original drafts of the brief. C. J. Neighbors conducted the statistical analyses. D. X. Marquez assisted with defining statistical parameters. B. H. Marcus reviewed drafts of the brief and provided substantive editorial input.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2006.096982