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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of those who registered for parkrun and did not participate using registration data and survey data across three countries

From: Barriers to initiating and maintaining participation in parkrun

 

Registered for parkrun

Registered for parkrun and did not participate in an event

Registered for parkrun and did not participate in an event and completed a survey

N

%

N

%

N

% a

All people

680,255

100

293,542

43.2

3094

1.1

Age

 16–34

297,384

43.7

138,863

47.3

522

44.7

 35–44

175,460

25.8

78,004

26.6

874

28.0

 45–54

132,053

19.4

51,094

17.4

950

18.8

 55–64

57,606

8.5

19,558

6.7

553

6.7

 65 and Over

17,752

2.6

6023

2.1

193

1.9

Gender

 Male

301,627

44.3

123,728

42.2

1045

42.3

 Female

378,628

55.7

169,714

57.8

2048

57.7

Physical Activity levelb

 Less than once per week

70,892

10.6

36,735

12.8

973

32.1

 Once per week

101,988

15.3

46,402

16.1

252

7.6

 Twice per week

157,154

23.5

65,987

23.0

394

11.6

 Three times per week

191,543

28.7

78,135

27.2

528

17.4

 More than four times per week

146,932

22.0

60,101

20.9

946

31.3

  1. aProportions are weighted
  2. ban active registrant is defined as achieving 30 min or more on 4 or more days of the week and an inactive registrant 0 days achieving 30 min or more