Usage Behaviour of Public Spaces Associated with Sport and Recreational Activities

Fátima Chacón-Borrego, Juan Antonio Corral-Pernía, Asunción Martínez-Martínez and Carolina Castañeda-Vázquez
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Fátima Chacón-Borrego: Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, University of Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
Juan Antonio Corral-Pernía: Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, University of Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
Asunción Martínez-Martínez: Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Carolina Castañeda-Vázquez: Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, University of Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 7, 1-9

Abstract: Public spaces (PS) encourage personal interaction and promote behaviours such as doing sport and recreational activities. This study analysed the characteristics of sport and recreational activities among the adult population of Seville associated with and/or determining the use of a PS for the activity. We adopted a cross sectional survey design with 1002 subjects (18+) from the municipality of Seville using a questionnaire on habits of sport and recreational activities. We then performed a descriptive, correlational and binary logistical regression analysis of the data. Results showed that the characteristics of sport and recreational activities associated with and determining the use of PS are age and gender as sociodemographic variables and the type of activity performed, high frequency and duration, on any day of the week and throughout the year.

Keywords: urban spaces; urban environment; habits; exercise; adults (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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