Table 1.
Respondent characteristics
| Total | GoPA! Country Contacts | ISPAH respondents (not GoPA! Country Contacts) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| na | % | na | % | na | % | |
| Participation in the survey | 143 | 100.0 | 53 | 37.1 | 90 | 62.9 |
| Main area of work | ||||||
| Academia (universities, schools, societies or institutions) | 117 | 81.8 | 44 | 83.0 | 73 | 81.1 |
| Government | 13 | 9.1 | 3 | 5.7 | 10 | 11.1 |
| Other | 13 | 9.1 | 6 | 11.3 | 7 | 7.8 |
| Frequency of contact with: | ||||||
| Researchers by any of the three means (emails, meetings, phone calls) | ||||||
| Contact using any mean at least once a month | 119 | 83.2 | 44 | 83.0 | 75 | 83.3 |
| Contact using the three means less than once a month | 24 | 16.8 | 9 | 17.0 | 15 | 16.7 |
| Contact with government representatives working in physical activity promotion at any of the levels | ||||||
| Contact with any representative at least once a month | 66 | 46.2 | 32 | 60.4 | 34 | 37.8 |
| Contact with the representatives less than once a month | 77 | 53.9 | 21 | 39.6 | 56 | 62.2 |
| Contact with government representatives working in non-communicable diseases NCD’s | ||||||
| Contact with any representative at least once a month | 56 | 60.8 | 28 | 52.8 | 28 | 31.1 |
| Contact with the representatives less than once a month | 87 | 39.2 | 25 | 47.2 | 62 | 68.9 |
| Non-government organization representatives working in physical activity promotion | ||||||
| More frequent (at least once a month) | 66 | 46.2 | 32 | 60.4 | 34 | 37.8 |
| Less frequent (less than once a month) | 77 | 53.9 | 21 | 39.6 | 56 | 62.2 |
| International organizations representatives working in physical activity promotion | ||||||
| More frequent (at least once a month) | 56 | 39.2 | 28 | 52.8 | 28 | 31.1 |
| Less frequent (less than once a month) | 87 | 60.8 | 25 | 47.2 | 62 | 68.9 |
| GoPA! Country Contacts | ||||||
| More frequent (at least once a month) | 34 | 23.9 | 21 | 39.6 | 13 | 14.6 |
| Less frequent (less than once a month) | 108 | 76.1 | 32 | 60.4 | 76 | 85.4 |
| World WHO regionb | ||||||
| AFRO | 12 | 8.4 | 6 | 11. 3 | 6 | 6.7 |
| EMRO | 5 | 3.5 | 26 | 49.1 | 26 | 28.9 |
| EURO | 52 | 36.4 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 2.2 |
| PAHO | 43 | 30.1 | 11 | 20.8 | 32 | 35.6 |
| SEARO | 5 | 3.5 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 2.2 |
| WPRO | 26 | 18.2 | 4 | 7.6 | 22 | 24.4 |
| Country-level Income group | ||||||
| High Income | 97 | 67.8 | 32 | 60.4 | 65 | 72.2 |
| Upper Middle Income | 30 | 21.0 | 11 | 20.8 | 19 | 21.1 |
| Lower Middle Income | 10 | 7.0 | 7 | 13.2 | 3 | 3.3 |
| Low Income | 6 | 4.2 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 3.3 |
an does not add to total value of 143 due to missing data
bEURO - European Regional Office of the World Health Organization; AFRO - African Regional Office of the World Health Organization; PAHO - Pan American Health Organization of the World Health Organization; EMRO - Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization; WPRO - Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization; SEARO - South-East Asia Regional Office of the World Health Organization