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 | |
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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 |