Health: social vulnerability, neighborhood and physical activity

Abstract The article examines the association between physical activity, social vulnerability level and neighborhood in São Paulo’s downtown. Physical activity levels were studied in adults living in vulnerable and non-vulnerable census tracts, and physical activity practice was related to neighborhood characteristics and to the individuals’ sociodemographic variables. The distribution of physical activity levels was different for the two groups: in the vulnerable group, active people at the workplace predominated, unrelated to neighborhood conditions. In the non-vulnerable group, physical activity is divided between leisure and work, and most are somewhat active. In this group, there is an association between physical activity and gender, not having a car and sense of security at night in one’s own neighborhood.

摘要 本研究探讨圣保罗市中心城区居民体育活动水平、社会脆弱性水平与社区环境三者间的关联。研究以居住在社会脆弱型与非脆弱型人口普查街区的成年人为对象，分析了体育活动参与情况与社区特征及个体社会人口学变量之间的关联。两组人群的体育活动水平分布存在显著差异：脆弱型街区组中，以职场活跃人群为主，且其体育活动水平与社区环境无关；非脆弱型街区组中，体育活动可分为休闲与职场两类，多数人群体育活动活跃度处于中等水平，且该组人群的体育活动水平与性别、是否拥有私家车以及所在社区的夜间安全感存在显著关联。