abstract: 'Introduction: We examined the socio-demographic and behavioral

  determinants of perceived barriers to leisure-time physical activity

  (LTPA) in a population-based sample of working-aged adults. Methods:

  Data comprised the National FINRISK 2002 Study, a population-based

  health examination study. Analyses were restricted to those aged 25-64

  years and who perceived that their amount of LTPA did not reach

  sufficient levels. They reported barriers to LTPA, defined as a lack of

  time, motivation and lack of companionship to be active with, as well as

  high expenses. Age, education, household income, employment status,

  family type, physical activity, smoking and body mass index (BMI) were

  included as explanatory variables. Results: Lack of time was the most

  frequent barrier. Each barrier was explained by a different set of

  factors that also varied between genders. The strongest and most

  systematic associations with the barriers were found for age, employment

  status and family type. Lack of time was less often reported as a

  barrier among the unemployed, singles without children and older people.

  Lacking motivation as a barrier was most common among singles without

  children. High expenses as a barrier was more often reported by the

  unemployed, and less often reported in the highest income group.

  Conclusions: When considering actions to promote LTPA, there is not one

  single solution, because the perceived barriers vary by population

  subgroups.'
affiliation: 'Borodulin, K (Corresponding Author), Natl Inst Hlth \& Welf, POB 30,
  FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.

  Borodulin, Katja; Sipila, Noora; Kestila, Laura; Jousilahti, Pekka; Prattala, Ritva,
  Natl Inst Hlth \& Welf, POB 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.

  Rahkonen, Ossi, Univ Helsinki, Dept Publ Hlth, Helsinki, Finland.

  Leino-Arjas, Paivi, Finnish Inst Occupat Hlth, Helsinki, Finland.

  Leino-Arjas, Paivi, Univ Tampere, Sch Hlth Sci, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland.'
author: Borodulin, Katja and Sipila, Noora and Rahkonen, Ossi and Leino-Arjas, Paivi
  and Kestila, Laura and Jousilahti, Pekka and Prattala, Ritva
author-email: katja.borodulin@thl.fi
author_list:
- family: Borodulin
  given: Katja
- family: Sipila
  given: Noora
- family: Rahkonen
  given: Ossi
- family: Leino-Arjas
  given: Paivi
- family: Kestila
  given: Laura
- family: Jousilahti
  given: Pekka
- family: Prattala
  given: Ritva
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/1403494815604080
eissn: 1651-1905
files: []
issn: 1403-4948
journal: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
keywords: 'Barriers; exercise; health behavior; FINRISK 2002; leisure time;

  physical activity; population studies'
keywords-plus: 'SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES; PERCEIVED BARRIERS; PARTICIPATION; ADULTS;

  EXERCISE'
language: English
month: FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '26'
orcid-numbers: 'Leino-Arjas, Paivi/0000-0001-9534-7071

  Rahkonen, Ossi/0000-0002-7202-3274

  Borodulin, Katja/0000-0001-9529-2592'
pages: 62-69
papis_id: 59cf898c28cde9dfcb25ac65fc35892d
ref: Borodulin2016sociodemographicbeha
times-cited: '51'
title: Socio-demographic and behavioral variation in barriers to leisure-time physical
  activity
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000369969000010
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '32'
volume: '44'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2016'