Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 survey
Sports group participation may have greater effects on health outcomes than exercising alone. Unhealthy lifestyles were reported to be specifically associated with lower socioeconomic positions (SEPs), and child poverty and the bipolarization of sports participation are currently major policy concer...
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| author | Mitsuya Yamakita Satoru Kanamori Naoki Kondo Toyo Ashida Takeo Fujiwara Taishi Tsuji Katsunori Kondo |
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| description | Sports group participation may have greater effects on health outcomes than exercising alone. Unhealthy lifestyles were reported to be specifically associated with lower socioeconomic positions (SEPs), and child poverty and the bipolarization of sports participation are currently major policy concerns in children. However, it remains unclear whether childhood SEP has any long-latency effect on sports group participation among older Japanese. Data were obtained from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study 2010 project, which used self-report questionnaires to survey individuals aged ≥65 years without disability from 27 municipalities (n = 23,320). According to their answers, respondents were assigned to one of three SEP groups: high, middle, or low. Poisson regression with robust variance and multiple imputations was used to examine the association between childhood SEP and sports group participation. After adjusting for health-related factors, low childhood SEP was negatively associated with sports group participation in men (prevalence ratio [PR] = 0.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.74–0.91) and women (PR = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.80–0.97). The PR was greatly attenuated after adjusting for educational attainment in both men (PR = 0.92, 95% CI = 0.83–1.02) and women (PR = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.89–1.08), and the significant association disappeared. Low childhood SEP is thus associated with lower sports group participation among older Japanese, though this may be attenuated by education. These findings suggest that it may be necessary to consider childhood SEP and the importance of education to increase sports group participation at an older age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ac7a821fc78444f9deeff6e78fe8eae2022-12-21T19:55:30ZengElsevierPreventive Medicine Reports2211-33552020-06-0118Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 surveyMitsuya Yamakita0Satoru Kanamori1Naoki Kondo2Toyo Ashida3Takeo Fujiwara4Taishi Tsuji5Katsunori Kondo6College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kitasato University, Japan; Corresponding author at: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0373, Japan.Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, Japan; Human Resource Management Department, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation, JapanDepartments of Health and Social Behavior/Health Education and Health Sociology, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, JapanInstitute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, JapanCenter for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, JapanCenter for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan; Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, JapanSports group participation may have greater effects on health outcomes than exercising alone. Unhealthy lifestyles were reported to be specifically associated with lower socioeconomic positions (SEPs), and child poverty and the bipolarization of sports participation are currently major policy concerns in children. However, it remains unclear whether childhood SEP has any long-latency effect on sports group participation among older Japanese. Data were obtained from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study 2010 project, which used self-report questionnaires to survey individuals aged ≥65 years without disability from 27 municipalities (n = 23,320). According to their answers, respondents were assigned to one of three SEP groups: high, middle, or low. Poisson regression with robust variance and multiple imputations was used to examine the association between childhood SEP and sports group participation. After adjusting for health-related factors, low childhood SEP was negatively associated with sports group participation in men (prevalence ratio [PR] = 0.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.74–0.91) and women (PR = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.80–0.97). The PR was greatly attenuated after adjusting for educational attainment in both men (PR = 0.92, 95% CI = 0.83–1.02) and women (PR = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.89–1.08), and the significant association disappeared. Low childhood SEP is thus associated with lower sports group participation among older Japanese, though this may be attenuated by education. These findings suggest that it may be necessary to consider childhood SEP and the importance of education to increase sports group participation at an older age.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335520300255Childhood disadvantageSports participationEducationOlder peopleLife course |
| spellingShingle | Mitsuya Yamakita Satoru Kanamori Naoki Kondo Toyo Ashida Takeo Fujiwara Taishi Tsuji Katsunori Kondo Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 survey Preventive Medicine Reports Childhood disadvantage Sports participation Education Older people Life course |
| title | Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 survey |
| title_full | Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 survey |
| title_fullStr | Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 survey |
| title_short | Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 survey |
| title_sort | association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among japanese older adults a cross sectional study from the jages 2010 survey |
| topic | Childhood disadvantage Sports participation Education Older people Life course |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335520300255 |
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