Alam Shamma Adeeb, Bose Bijetri
Department of International Studies, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Am J Lifestyle Med. 2021 Apr 24;17(2):290-298. doi: 10.1177/15598276211008400. eCollection 2023 Mar-Apr.
Since physical inactivity has been identified as a pandemic and a public health priority, it is crucial to understand the role of adverse economic shocks on physical activity. In this study, we examine the impact of job losses during the U.S. Great Recession from January 2008 to June 2009 on the likelihood of physical activities of young adults. We use individual fixed effects estimation on a nationally representative longitudinal data from 2005 to 2015, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), to examine the impact of job losses of young adults, their spouses, and their parents on physical exercise of young adults aged 18 to 27 years. Own job losses during the Great Recession led to a decrease in the likelihood of physical exercise among young adults. However, job losses of parents and partners had no effect on the likelihood of young adults' physical exercise. Our findings indicate a negative impact of the recession on physical activity of young adults and highlights the need for policymakers to consider the impact of major economic downturns on the physical activity of young adults.
由于缺乏身体活动已被认定为一种流行病和公共卫生重点问题，了解不利的经济冲击对身体活动的作用至关重要。在本研究中，我们考察了2008年1月至2009年6月美国大衰退期间失业对年轻人进行身体活动可能性的影响。我们对2005年至2015年具有全国代表性的纵向数据——收入动态面板研究（PSID）——使用个体固定效应估计，以考察年轻人及其配偶和父母的失业对18至27岁年轻人体育锻炼的影响。大衰退期间自身失业导致年轻人进行体育锻炼的可能性降低。然而，父母和伴侣的失业对年轻人进行体育锻炼的可能性没有影响。我们的研究结果表明衰退对年轻人的身体活动有负面影响，并突出了政策制定者考虑重大经济衰退对年轻人身体活动影响的必要性。
