Gender, age, and educational-attainment differences in Australian adults’ participation in vigorous sporting and fitness activities

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 377-388

  Leslie, Eva ^a   Cerin, Ester ^a   Gore, Christopher J ^b   St George, Alexis ^c   Bauman, Adrian ^d   Owen, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographic differences; Prevalence; Vigorous physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOGGING; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; SWIMMING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 16444370584     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.1.4.377     Document Type: Article

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