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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of respondents with different years of running experience

From: Attractive running environments for all? A cross-sectional study on physical environmental characteristics and runners’ motives and attitudes, in relation to the experience of the running environment

 

Total (N = 2477)

Novice runners (<  1 y) (N = 324; 13.1%)

Moderate experienced runners (1–5 y) (N = 1112; 44.9%)

Experienced runners (>  5 y) (N = 1041; 42,0%)

P-values

Age, mean (SD)

 ≤ 35 year

32.3

58.0

39.3

16.8

< 0.001

 36–45 year

32.5

28.4

37.6

28.3

 ≥ 46 year

35.2

13.6

23.1

54.9

Female (%)

32.5

28.7

39.0

26.8

< 0.001

Education (%)

 Lower or middle

29.6

28.4

30.0

29.4

0.841

 Higher

70.4

71.6

70.0

70.6

Monitoring of distance (%)

< 0.001

 Yes

57.3

70.4

62.7

47.6

 No

42.7

29.6

36.3

52.4

Monitoring via sports watch (%)

< 0.001

 Yes

53.0

28.7

51.7

62.0

 No

47.0

71.3

48.3

38.0

Monitoring via app (%)

< 0.001

 Yes

34.7

59.9

39.8

21.3

 No

65.3

40.1

60.2

78.7

Organizational running setting (%)

< 0.001

 Individual

56.6

71.9

58.1

50.2

 Friends, colleagues, small group

32.1

23.1

22.3

24.1

 Athletics club

20.3

5.0

19.6

25.7

Motives and attitudes, mean (SD)

 Bodily and mental advantages of running

4.4 (0.5)

4.3 (0.5)

4.4 (0.5)

4.4 (0.5)

< 0.001

 Identification with running

3.8 (0.5)

3.5 (0.5)

3.8 (0.5)

3.8 (0.5)

< 0.001

 Practical advantages of running

4.1 (0.5)

4.1 (0.5)

4.1 (0.5)

4.1 (0.5)

0.708

 Individual motives for quitting

2.9 (0.7)

3.2 (0.7)

2.9 (0.7)

2.7 (0.7)

< 0.001

 Social motives for quitting

1.6 (0.7)

1.6 (0.8)

1.7 (0.7)

1.6 (0.7)

0.064

Experiences of the running environment, mean (SD)

 Hinderance by pedestrians

1.7 (0.7)

1.7 (0.7)

1.7 (0.7)

1.7 (0.7)

0.169

 Hinderance by cyclists/mopeds

2.0 (1.0)

2.0 (1.0)

2.2 (1.0)

2.0 (1.0)

0.403

 Hinderance by cars

2.1 (1.0)

2.0 (1.0)

2.1 (1.0)

2.0 (1.0)

0.044

 Hinderance by unleashed dogs

2.2 (1.1)

1.9 (1.0)

2.2 (1.0)

2.3 (1.1)

< 0.001

 Hinderance through remarks

1.5 (0.7)

1.5 (0.8)

1.6 (0.7)

1.5 (0.7)

0.41

 Hinderance through threats

1.5 (0.7)

1.5 (0.7)

1.5 (0.7)

1.5 (0.6)

0.171

 Hinderance through poor lighting

2.6 (1.2)

2.7 (1.2)

2.7 (1.2)

2.5 (1.2)

< 0.001

 Comfortable surface

3.6 (0.9)

3.7 (0.9)

3.6 (1.0)

3.6 (0.9)

0.099

 Lively route

4.0 (0.8)

4.0 (0.8)

3.9 (0.8)

4.0 (0.8)

0.175

 Green route

3.6 (0.9)

3.6 (0.9)

3.5 (0.9)

3.6 (0.9)

0.238

Score on attractiveness and restorative capacity (outcome variables), mean (SD)

 Attractiveness

4.0 (0.9)

4.0 (0.9)

3.9 (0.9)

4.1 (0.9)

< 0.001

 Restorative capacity

3.9 (0.8)

3.9 (0.8)

3.9 (0.9)

4.0 (0.8)

< 0.001