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Table 8 Relationship between level of organisation 1 of physical particular types of activity and ARIA+ remoteness category

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

  

Relationship with ARIA+ category

 

Physical activity2

n

Positive

Negative

p-value3

Air Sports

16

*

 

0.001

Australian Rules Football

687

*

 

<0.001

Badminton

155

*

 

0.014

Baseball

39

 

*

0.003

Basketball

746

*

 

<0.001

Bush Walking

991

 

*

0.010

Cricket (outdoor)

676

*

 

0.001

Football (outdoor)

1,010

*

 

<0.001

Golf

1,412

*

 

<0.001

Hockey (outdoor)

189

*

 

0.005

Netball

781

*

 

<0.001

Rugby Union

160

*

 

0.020

Running

2,175

*

 

<0.001

Squash/Racquetball

295

*

 

0.005

Tennis

1,264

*

 

<0.001

Touch Football

569

*

 

0.001

Yoga

662

 

*

<0.001

  1. 1Level of organisation: All unorganised; At least some organised by a club or other organisation; At least some in a sports club or leisure centre setting requiring payment.
  2. 2For the remaining 78 types of physical activity, either there was no significant relationship between ARIA+ category 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.