Table 7.

Regression analysis of the composition of rural social sports instructors and the frequency of participation in sports activities.

Results of linear regression analysis (n = 3,595)
	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	p	Collinearity diagnostics
	B	Standard error	Beta			VIF	Tolerance
Constant	1.646	0.051	–	32.338	0.000**	-	–
Villagers with migrant work experience	−0.055	0.064	−0.018	−0.861	0.389	1.649	0.607
Retired urban residents returned to countryside	0.021	0.063	0.006	0.326	0.745	1.565	0.639
Villagers without migrant work experience	0.122	0.071	0.031	1.735	0.083	1.305	0.766
Temporary village officials or volunteers	−0.039	0.061	−0.012	−0.633	0.527	1.511	0.662
Urban residents working in villages	0.265	0.071	0.067	3.725	0.000**	1.300	0.769
Rural sports teachers or township cadres living in rural areas	0.099	0.066	0.027	1.502	0.133	1.286	0.777
Other	0.062	0.075	0.016	0.826	0.409	1.410	0.709
Unknown	−0.146	0.057	−0.064	−2.541	0.011*	2.516	0.397
No sports organization	−0.445	0.066	−0.142	−6.748	0.000**	1.744	0.573
Villagers with migrant work experience	0.080	0.068	0.024	1.187	0.235	1.672	0.598
Retired urban residents returned to countryside	0.245	0.064	0.077	3.846	0.000**	1.602	0.624
Villagers without migrant work experience	0.079	0.075	0.020	1.054	0.292	1.358	0.736
Temporary village officials or volunteers	−0.123	0.065	−0.037	−1.898	0.058	1.480	0.676
Urban residents working in villages	0.315	0.072	0.080	4.366	0.000**	1.316	0.760
Rural sports teachers or township cadres living in rural areas	0.163	0.066	0.046	2.477	0.013*	1.357	0.737
Others	0.206	0.081	0.049	2.547	0.011*	1.484	0.674
No social sports instructors	0.059	0.064	0.019	0.921	0.357	1.665	0.600
Unknown	−0.128	0.059	−0.057	−2.179	0.029*	2.716	0.368
R 2	0.097
Adjusted R2	0.093
F	F (18,3,576) = 21.411, p = 0.000
D-W value	1.566

Dependent variable: Time per participation in sports activities. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.