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- Title
出身家庭の社会経済的地位が成人後の運動習慣に与える直接効果 および本人の社会経済的地位を介した間接効果の検証.
- Authors
下窪 拓也
- Abstract
The present study examined the relationship between family background and exercise habits in adulthood. Although previous studies have examined the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and exercise habits, few have focused on the relationship between exercise habits in adulthood and SES of the family of origin. It has been suggested that the family’s SES is correlated with exercise habits in childhood, and that such habits may be linked to those in adulthood. Furthermore, an individual’s SES, including education and occupation, may be influenced by his/her family’s SES. Thus, it is expected that a family’s SES may affect an individual’s exercise habits in adulthood directly or indirectly. In order to test this hypothesis, the present study examined the relationship between a family’s SES and individual exercise habits in adulthood. The study was conducted at 2 different time points, as it has been found that the association between SES and exercise habits changed from the early 2000s to 2010s. Quantitative analysis of a Japanese General Social Survey performed in 2002 and 2018 was conducted. The sample was divided into 4 subgroups (according to sex and year). Multiple group structural equation modeling was employed. The dependent variable was the number of exercise days per month. The independent variables were family SES, particularly the economic condition at 15 years of age, educational attainment of the parents and the father’s occupational prestige score, and the SES of the respondents, particularly their equivalent household income, educational attainment, and occupational prestige score. The results indicated that each variable in the family SES had an indirect positive effect on exercise habits in adulthood via the respondents’ educational attainment. This means that those who grew up in families with a high SES tended to be more highly educated and thus more likely to exercise. Therefore, in order to reduce inequalities in exercise habits attributable to family SES, it is necessary to promote exercise habits among those with lower levels of education. Furthermore, although the father’s occupational prestige score had a negative direct effect on women’s exercise habits in 2002, this association was no longer statistically significant in 2018. This may be explained by changes in attitudes to gender roles and increases in sports participation between 2002 and 2018. Finally, the limitations of this research were discussed.
- Subjects
JAPAN; HABIT; RISK assessment; GENDER role; EXERCISE; EDUCATION; INCOME; PSYCHOLOGY of fathers; QUESTIONNAIRES; FAMILIES; EVALUATION of medical care; QUANTITATIVE research; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY of parents; SOCIAL classes; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; ADULTS
- Publication
Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health & Sport Sciences / Taiikugaku Kenkyū, 2023, Vol 68, p87
- ISSN
0484-6710
- Publication type
Article