Table 4.
Population-weighted frequency of barriers reported by rural-urban location.
| Domain | Item | Urban (n=20290454) | Rural (n=4209008) | Total (n=24499462) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual motivation-related barriers | Prefer to be active | no barrier | 17959591 (88.5%) | 3853494 (91.6%) | 21813085 (89.0%) |
| barrier | 2330863 (11.5%) | 355514 (8.4%) | 2686377 (11.0%) | ||
| Confidence to be active | no barrier | 18751193 (92.4%) | 3906477 (92.8%) | 22657670 (92.5%) | |
| barrier | 1539261 (7.6%) | 302531 (7.2%) | 1841792 (7.5%) | ||
| Enjoy activity | no barrier | 18877756 (93.0%) | 3967611 (94.2%) | 22845367 (93.2%) | |
| barrier | 1412698 (7.0%) | 241396 (5.7%) | 1654094 (6.8%) | ||
| Social and built environmental barriers | See people active in community | no barrier | 17497544 (86.2%) | 3520208 (83.6%) | 21017752 (85.8%) |
| barrier | 2792910 (13.8%) | 688800 (16.4%) | 3481710 (14.2%) | ||
| Receive support to be active | no barrier | 15833855 (78.0%) | 3114416 (74.0%) | 18948271 (77.3%) | |
| barrier | 4456599 (22.0%) | 1094592 (26.0%) | 5551191 (22.7%) | ||
| Access to free or low-cost facilities | no barrier | 18493058 (91.1%) | 3002813 (71.3%) | 21495871 (87.7%) | |
| barrier | 1797396 (8.9%) | 1206195 (28.7%) | 3003591 (12.3%) | ||
| Individual resource-related barriers | Has energy to be active | no barrier | 17785534 (87.7%) | 3735362 (88.7%) | 21520896 (87.8%) |
| barrier | 2504920 (12.3%) | 473646 (11.3%) | 2978566 (12.2%) | ||
| Has time to be active | no barrier | 15870781 (78.2%) | 3385728 (80.4%) | 19256509 (78.6%) | |
| barrier | 4419673 (21.8%) | 823279 (19.6%) | 5242952 (21.4%) | ||
| Can afford to be active | no barrier | 16911558 83.3%) | 3522204 (83.7%) | 20433762 (83.4%) | |
| barrier | 3378897 (16.7%) | 686804 (16.3%) | 4065701 (16.6%) | ||