Table 1. Descriptive statistics of participant characteristics.
| Variables | Interest in recreational sports participation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| some interested/quite interested/very interest (n = 1,642) n(%) = 76.5% |
not interested/ not much interested (n = 504) n(%) = 23.5% |
p-value | |
| Gender | 0.067 | ||
| Female | 799(48.7) | 269(53.4) | |
| Male | 843(51.3) | 235(46.6) | |
| Age | <0.001 | ||
| 18–29 | 381(23.2) | 86(17.1) | |
| 30–39 | 309(18.8) | 79(15.7) | |
| 40–49 | 315(19.2) | 108(21.4) | |
| 50–59 | 307(18.7) | 86(17.1) | |
| ≧60 | 330(20.1) | 145(28.8) | |
| Degree of urbanization | <0.001 | ||
| High(core urban region/general urban region) | 828(50.4) | 201(39.9) | |
| Medium(emerging cities and townships /traditional industrial sector cities and townships) | 595(36.2) | 184(36.5) | |
| Low(general townships and villages/rural areas) | 219(13.3) | 119(23.6) | |
| Educational level | <0.001 | ||
| Junior high school or below | 523(31.9) | 307(60.9) | |
| Senior high school | 478(29.1) | 111(22.0) | |
| Junior college or above | 641(39.0) | 86(17.1) | |
| Participation frequency | <0.001 | ||
| Daily | 459(28.0) | 29(5.8) | |
| Not daily | 1,183(72.0) | 475(94.2) | |
| Health-motivated interesta | <0.001 | ||
| Very important/Important | 1,446(88.8) | 319(70.3) | |
| A little important/Not important | 183(11.2) | 135(29.7) | |
| Appearance-motivated interestb | <0.001 | ||
| Very important/Important | 761(47.1) | 129(28.2) | |
| A little important/Not important | 855(52.9) | 328(71.8) | |
a: number of missing data = 63
b: number of missing data = 73