Children from low-income families have less access to sports facilities, but are no less physically active: Cross-sectional study (EarlyBird 35)

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-474

  Voss, Linda D ^a,b   Hosking, J ^a   Metcalf, B S ^a   Jeffery, A N ^a   Wilkin, T J ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income; Physical activity; Socio economic status; Sports facilities

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT;

CHILD; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FITNESS CENTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 44949195948     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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