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Title: Barriers to Physical Activity


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Barriers to Physical Activity
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Barriers Skill, 2004
  • Overall, 21 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that they are not good at doing sports or
    physical activities.
  • Women are more likely to strongly agree that they
    are not good at doing sports and physical
    activities.
  • There are no differences in the proportion of
    Ontarians who strongly agree that they are not
    good at doing physical activity with education
    level.

3
Barriers Skill by Age, 2004
  • There is an age-related increase in the
    proportion of Ontarians who strongly agree that
    they are not good at doing sports and physical
    activities.

4
Barriers Skill by Activity Level, 2004
  • Ontarians with low levels of activity are more
    likely to strongly agree that they are not good
    at doing physical activities than those who are
    active.

5
Barriers Cost, 2004
  • Overall, 31 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that the dollar costs of doing physical activity
    is too high.
  • Women are more likely to strongly agree that the
    dollar costs of doing physical activity is too
    high.
  • There are no significant differences by age, or
    physical activity level.

6
Barriers Cost by Education Level, 2004
  • University educated adults are the least likely
    to strongly agree that the dollar cost of doing
    physical activity is too high.

7
Barriers Lack of Information, 2004
  • Overall, 25 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that there is not enough information provided
    about what opportunities for physical activity
    and sport are available locally.
  • There are no significant differences by gender,
    age, education, or physical activity level.

8
Barriers Lack of Knowledge, 2004
  • Overall, 15 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that they do not know how to go about building
    more physical activity into their lifestyle.
  • There are no significant differences between men
    and women in the proportion strongly agreeing
    with the statement.

9
Barriers Lack of Knowledge by Age, 2004
  • The proportion of Ontarians who strongly agree
    that they do not have the knowledge of how to
    build physical activity into their lifestyle
    increases dramatically with increasing age.

10
Barriers Lack of Knowledge by Education Level,
2004
  • Adults with secondary school education are more
    likely to strongly agree that they do not know
    how to build physical activity into their
    lifestyle compared to university educated adults.

11
Barriers Lack of Knowledge by Activity Level,
2004
  • Those least active are more likely to strongly
    agree that they lack knowledge of how to
    incorporate physical activity into their
    lifestyle compared to highly active Ontarians.

12
Barriers Transportation Issues, 2004
  • Overall, 19 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that it it too hard to get to places where they
    can be active.
  • There are no significant gender differences in
    the proportion of Ontarians who strongly agree
    that it is too difficult to get to places to be
    active.
  • There are no significant differences in this
    barrier with respect to activity level.

13
Barriers Transportation Issues by Age, 2004
  • Older adults (65 years) are more likely than
    their younger counterparts to strongly agree that
    it is too difficult to get to places to be active.

14
Barriers Transportation Issues by Education
Level, 2004
  • Adults with less than secondary school education
    are more likely to strongly agree that it is
    difficult to get to places to be active compared
    to university educated adults.

15
Barriers Suitability of Hours and Class Times,
2004
  • Overall, 27 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that hours and class times offered by their local
    centres dont suit them.
  • Women are more likely than men to strongly agree
    that the hours and class times offered by local
    physical activity centers are not suitable.
  • There are no significant differences by age,
    education or activity level.

16
Barriers Suitability of Programs and
Facilities, 2004
  • Overall, 22 of adults in Ontario strongly agreed
    that the programs and facilities available were
    not the right type for them.
  • There were no significant differences between men
    and women regarding the proportion who strongly
    agreed that the programs and facilities available
    were not the right type for them.
  • There were no significant differences by
    education or activity level.

17
Barriers Suitability of Programs and Facilities
by Age, 2004
  • Older adults (65 years) were more likely to
    strongly agree that the programs and facilities
    available were not the right type for them.

18
Barriers Availability of Partners, 2004
  • Overall, 27 of adults in Ontario strongly agreed
    that it was difficult to find other people to be
    active with.
  • Women were more likely than men to strongly agree
    that it was difficult to find others to be active
    with.
  • There were no significant differences by age.

19
Barriers Availability of Partners by Education,
2004
  • Adults with a secondary school education are more
    likely to strongly agree that it is difficult to
    find others to be active with compared to
    university educated adults.

20
Barriers Availability of Partners by Activity
Level, 2004
  • The least active adults are more likely than
    those who are highly active to strongly agree
    that it is difficult to find others to be active
    with.

21
Barriers Family Oriented Programs, 2004
  • Overall, 21 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that it is hard to find more family oriented
    activity programs and classes.
  • There are no significant differences between men
    and women, by education or activity levels.

22
Barriers Family Oriented Programs by Age, 2004
  • Older adults (65 years) are more likely to
    strongly agree that it is difficult to find
    appropriate coaching or instruction compared to
    their younger counterparts.

23
Barriers Coaching or Instruction, 2004
  • There are no significant differences between men
    and women in the proportion who strongly agree
    that it is difficult to find appropriate coaching
    or instruction.

24
Barriers Coaching or Instruction by Age, 2004
  • Older adults (65 years) are more likely to
    strongly agree that it is difficult to find
    appropriate coaching or instruction compared to
    their younger counterparts.

25
Barriers Coaching or Instruction by Education
Level, 2004
  • Adults with less than secondary school education
    are more likely to strongly agree that it is
    difficult to find the right type of coaching or
    instruction compared to university educated
    adults.

26
Barriers Safety, 2004
  • Overall, 15 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that concerns about their safety keep them from
    walking or biking.
  • Women are more likely than men to strongly agree
    that safety concerns keep them from walking or
    bicycling.
  • There are no significant differences by activity
    level.

27
Barriers Safety by Age, 2004
  • There is a general increase in the proportion of
    adults who strongly agree that safety concerns
    prevent them from walking and bicycling with
    increasing age.

28
Barriers Safety by Education, 2004
  • Adults with secondary school education are more
    likely to strongly agree that safety concerns
    prevent them from walking or bicycling compared
    to those with post-secondary education.

29
Barriers Traffic, 2004
  • Overall, 13 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that there is too much traffic in their area for
    walking and biking.
  • There are no significant differences for gender,
    age, education or physical activity level
    regarding ratings of traffic concerns.

30
Barriers Maintenance of Sidewalks and Bike
Lanes, 2004
  • Overall, 12 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that badly maintained sidewalks and bike lanes in
    their area prevent them from biking.
  • There are no significant differences for gender,
    education, and activity level regarding ratings
    of maintenance concerns.

31
Barriers Maintenance of Sidewalks and Bike
Lanes by Age, 2004
  • Older adults (65 years) are more likely than
    those aged 25 to 64 to strongly agree that badly
    maintained sidewalks and bicycle lanes prevent
    them from bicycling.

32
Barriers Lighting, 2004
  • Overall, 11 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that poorly lit sidewalks and streets in their
    area prevent them from walking and biking.
  • Women are more likely than men to strongly agree
    that poorly lit sidewalks and streets prevent
    them from walking or bicycling.
  • There are no significant differences by activity
    level.

33
Barriers Lighting by Age, 2004
  • Older adults (65 years) are more likely than
    those aged 25 to 44 to strongly agree that poorly
    lit sidewalks and streets prevent them from
    walking and bicycling.

34
Barriers Lighting by Education, 2004
  • Adults with a secondary school education or less
    are more likely to strongly agree that poorly lit
    sidewalks and streets prevent them from walking
    and bicycling compared to adults with a
    university education.

35
Barriers Maintenance of facilities, 2004
  • Overall 16 of adults in Ontario strongly agree
    that the sport and recreation facilities are not
    well maintained in their community.
  • There are no gender or activity level related
    differences in the proportion strongly agreeing
    that the local sport and recreation facilities
    are not well maintained.

36
Barriers Maintenance of facilities by Age, 2004
  • Older adults (65 years) are more likely to
    strongly agree that the local sport and
    recreation facilities were not well-maintained
    compared to their younger counterparts.

37
Barriers Maintenance of facilities by
Education, 2004
  • Adults with less than secondary school education
    are more likely to strongly agree that the local
    sport and recreation facilities were not
    well-maintained compared to university educated
    adults.

38
Reducing Barriers to Physical Activity, 2004
  • Barriers are perceived hindrances or impediments
    that prevent a given behaviour, in this case,
    being active. It is important to understand what
    population groups are more likely to report
    specific barriers.
  • Use evaluation techniques and focus testing among
    the targeted populations can help to ensure that
    specialized programming (i.e. programming for
    women, low-income groups, etc) is having an
    effect.
  • Improving the maintenance and safety of existing
    physical activity and sport opportunities may
    help to increase perception of the suitability of
    opportunities. This is particularly important for
    disadvantaged groups.

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Reducing Barriers to Physical Activity, 2004
(contd)
  • Increasing access to low-cost facilities and
    availability of open spaces and a more walkable
    environment may help to increase the visibility
    of physical activity in low socioeconomic areas.
    A walkable environment includes a high level of
    aesthetics and few perceived barriers.
  • Reducing the actual or perceived costs associated
    with physical activity. Consider alternatives
    such as reducing fees, providing financial
    assistance programs (i.e., Jumpstart) or
    providing options in lieu of fees.
  • Promoting the role of parents for increasing
    childrens participation through encouragement,
    tangible supports, provision of equipment,
    modeling positive active behaviours, providing
    reinforcement or incentives for participating may
    help increase childrens participation rates.
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