Table 3.
Adjusted odds of reporting barriers across demographic characteristics for those who did not participate in any parkrun events
| 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 | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| 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 | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| 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 | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| 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+ | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Socioeconomic status was only possible to determine for participants in the United Kingdom and Australia.
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001