Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Nørre Alle, Denmark.
Eur J Sport Sci. 2013;13(3):321-31. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2011.635697. Epub 2011 Dec 12.
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Danish children from immigrant backgrounds are less physically active than children from the ethnic majority, and to investigate the possible reasons for any differences found. Accelerometer measures of physical activity as well as questionnaire data about organised sports, family demography, resources and values were collected from 594 children of whom 67 had other ethnic background than Danish. Data were collected when the children were 6-7 years old and again later when the children were 9-10 years old. It was found that children from immigrant backgrounds were not less physically active than other children when their amounts of daily physical activity were measured by direct objective measures, despite their participation rate in organised sports being much lower. Using multiple logistic regression modelling, this study showed that lack of parental experience with organised sports and lack of economic/material resources explained much of the difference in sports participation. Children of immigrant background had significant lower participation in club sports but this did not affect their overall physical activity level.
本研究旨在调查丹麦移民背景的儿童的身体活动水平是否低于多数族裔儿童，并探讨可能存在差异的原因。研究通过加速度计测量身体活动水平以及问卷调查收集了组织体育活动、家庭人口统计学、资源和价值观等方面的数据，共涉及 594 名儿童，其中 67 名儿童的种族背景与丹麦不同。数据收集于儿童 6-7 岁时，之后在儿童 9-10 岁时再次进行收集。研究发现，尽管移民背景儿童参加组织体育活动的比例要低得多，但当通过直接客观测量其日常身体活动量时，他们的身体活动水平并不比其他儿童低。本研究采用多元逻辑回归模型，表明父母缺乏组织体育活动的经验以及缺乏经济/物质资源解释了体育参与差异的很大一部分原因。移民背景的儿童参与俱乐部体育活动的比例显著较低，但这并未影响他们的整体身体活动水平。
