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Table 3 Adjusted odds of reporting barriers across demographic characteristics for those who did not participate in any parkrun events

From: Barriers to initiating and maintaining participation in parkrun

 

Start time inconvenient

(20%)

Feels too unfit

(13%)

Injury/illness

(12%)

No time

(12%)

Childcare obligations

(10%)

Not sure what to expect

(9%)

Don’t want to go by myself

(9%)

Forgot barcode

(7%)

Too far

(7%)

Concerned about running in public (5%)

OR (95% CIs)

OR (95% CIs)

OR (95% CIs)

OR (95% CIs)

OR (95% CIs)

OR (95% CIs)

OR (95% CIs)

OR (95% CIs)

OR (95% CIs)

OR (95% CIs)

Age category

 16–24

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 25–34

1.71 (0.97, 3.02)

1.15 (0.61, 2.19)

0.66 (0.34, 1.28)

0.67 (0.38, 1.2)

 

1.34 (0.66, 2.72)

0.98 (0.51, 1.86)

0.73 (0.37, 1.44)

1.9 (0.77, 4.69)

2 (0.74, 5.38)

 35–44

1.76 (1.03, 3.02) *

0.92 (0.5, 1.68)

0.71 (0.39, 1.3)

0.62 (0.36, 1.05)

 

1.06 (0.54, 2.08)

0.51 (0.28, 0.95) *

0.48 (0.25, 0.91) *

1.52 (0.64, 3.63)

0.77 (0.29, 2.06)

 45–54

1.26 (0.74, 2.17)

1.14 (0.63, 2.07)

1.34 (0.75, 2.4)

0.43 (0.25, 0.73) **

 

0.87 (0.44, 1.71)

0.51 (0.28, 0.95) *

0.4 (0.21, 0.76) **

1.03 (0.42, 2.48)

1.24 (0.47, 3.23)

 55–64

1.04 (0.59, 1.83)

0.82 (0.44, 1.54)

1.83 (1.01, 3.32) *

0.33 (0.18, 0.6) **

 

0.97 (0.48, 1.96)

0.48 (0.25, 0.93) *

0.25 (0.12, 0.52) ***

1.31 (0.53, 3.23)

0.94 (0.34, 2.59)

 65+

0.97 (0.51, 1.85)

1 (0.49, 2.02)

2.22 (1.16, 4.23) *

0.33 (0.16, 0.68) **

 

0.47 (0.18, 1.18)

0.63 (0.29, 1.37)

0.32 (0.13, 0.79) *

1.18 (0.42, 3.32)

0.49 (0.13, 1.88)

Gender

 Male

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 Female

0.95 (0.78, 1.16)

1.47 (1.15, 1.89) **

0.73 (0.59, 0.91) **

0.74 (0.58, 0.96) *

1.2 (0.92, 1.58)

1.72 (1.28, 2.33) ***

2.65 (1.86, 3.77)

0.78 (0.56, 1.09)

1.2 (0.87, 1.67)

2.82 (1.73, 4.58)

Socioeconomic status quartile

 1st

1.12 (0.81, 1.55)

1.02 (0.7, 1.47)

1.01 (0.7, 1.47)

1.29 (0.87, 1.93)

0.66 (0.42, 1.04)

0.84 (0.52, 1.35)

1.26 (0.81, 1.98)

1.13 (0.65, 1.97)

1.41 (0.84, 2.34)

0.94 (0.51, 1.72)

 2nd

1.03 (0.77, 1.36)

1.08 (0.79, 1.48)

1.14 (0.84, 1.55)

0.72 (0.49, 1.08)

0.83 (0.57, 1.21)

1.20 (0.83, 1.74)

1.26 (0.86, 1.86)

1.47 (0.94, 2.31)

1.58 (1.02, 2.43) *

1.14 (0.69, 1.88)

 3rd

1.22 (0.96, 1.57)

0.86 (0.64, 1.15)

1.09 (0.83, 1.44)

1.35 (0.99, 1.85)

0.97 (0.7, 1.35)

1.14 (0.81, 1.61)

1.16 (0.8, 1.67)

1.11 (0.71, 1.72)

1.32 (0.87, 1.98)

0.97 (0.6, 1.56)

 4th

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Number of days of physical activity per week

 0

0.69 (0.50, 0.95) *

3.9 (2.75, 5.53)

2.02 (1.45, 2.8)

0.78 (0.5, 1.21)

1.13 (0.74, 1.72)

0.99 (0.62, 1.56)

1.63 (1.05, 2.53) *

0.71 (0.39, 1.29)

0.86 (0.51, 1.44)

2.58 (1.48, 4.51) ***

 1

0.87 (0.63, 1.20)

3.9 (2.73, 5.58)

1.21 (0.83, 1.76)

0.94 (0.61, 1.45)

1.38 (0.91, 2.11)

1.17 (0.74, 1.83)

1.48 (0.94, 2.35)

0.96 (0.55, 1.68)

0.65 (0.36, 1.17)

1.56 (0.82, 2.98)

 2

0.76 (0.58, 1.01)

2.97 (2.14, 4.12)

1.51 (1.12, 2.05) **

1.06 (0.74, 1.52)

1.22 (0.84, 1.78)

1.83 (1.29, 2.59) ***

1.57 (1.06, 2.32) *

0.71 (0.42, 1.19)

0.9 (0.58, 1.41)

2.55 (1.54, 4.22) ***

 3

0.71 (0.55, 0.92) **

1.95 (1.41, 2.69)

1.25 (0.94, 1.68)

1.06 (0.77, 1.47)

1.31 (0.94, 1.82)

1.23 (0.87, 1.74)

1.46 (1.01, 2.10) *

1.17 (0.79, 1.74)

1.15 (0.79, 1.68)

1.81 (1.10, 2.98) *

 4+

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  1. Socioeconomic status was only possible to determine for participants in the United Kingdom and Australia.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001