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Table 5 Relationship between level of organisation 1 of particular types of physical activity and quintiles of SEIFA IRSAD

From: Participation in sport and physical activity: associations with socio-economic status and geographical remoteness

  

Relationship with SEIFA IRSAD quintile

 

Physical activity2

n

Positive

Negative

p-value3

Air sports

17

 

*

<0.001

Athletics/track and field

142

*

 

<0.001

Australian rules football

686

 

*

<0.001

Basketball

746

 

*

0.008

Billards/snooker/pool

16

 

*

<0.001

Canoeing/kayaking

267

*

 

0.021

Cricket (indoor)

147

 

*

0.007

Cycling

2,491

*

 

0.002

Football (outdoor)

1,009

 

*

<0.001

Golf

1,408

 

*

<0.001

Hockey (indoor)

32

*

 

0.001

Hockey (outdoor)

187

 

*

0.005

Netball

781

 

*

0.018

Rowing

80

*

 

0.003

Rugby union

158

 

*

0.024

Shooting sports

160

 

*

0.008

Squash/racquetball

293

 

*

0.045

Table tennis

112

*

 

0.011

Tennis

1,263

 

*

<0.001

Tenpin bowling

121

 

*

0.047

  1. 1Level of organisation: 1 All unorganised; 2 At least some organised by a club or other organisation; 3 At least some in a sports club or leisure centre setting requiring payment.
  2. 2For the remaining 75 types of physical activity, either there was no significant relationship between SEIFA IRSAD quintile and the rate of regular participation, or the sample size was too small for valid statistical analysis.
  3. 3p-value for Goodman and Kruskal’s gamma coefficient.
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