An Analysis of Women’s Fitness Demands and Their Influencing Factors in Urban China
The “Healthy China 2030” plan states that it is necessary to formulate and implement physical health intervention plans for special groups, including women. Based on questionnaire data from women in seven Chinese cities, our research analyzed the status quo of women’s fitness, its influencing factor...
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| description | The “Healthy China 2030” plan states that it is necessary to formulate and implement physical health intervention plans for special groups, including women. Based on questionnaire data from women in seven Chinese cities, our research analyzed the status quo of women’s fitness, its influencing factors, and the differences in and characteristics of different types of women’s fitness demands from four aspects: demography, fitness motivation, fitness behavior, and fitness demands, so as to provide a reference for the promotion of women’s fitness. A total of 3473 valid samples were completed. The questionnaire included five age groups: there were 146 in the “20–29 years old” group, 829 in the “30–39 years old” group, 1088 in the “40–49 years old” group, 1105 in the “50–59 years old” group and 305 in the “60 years old and above” group. The questionnaire used in this study was a self-made questionnaire. The contents of the questionnaire included age, occupation, educational level, family circumstances, and health status, women’s fitness behavior, fitness motivation and fitness demands. The results show that the current situation of urban women’s fitness in China is characterized by low frequency and short duration of exercise. The internal factors affecting women’s fitness demands include fitness motivation and fitness behavior. The external factors affecting their fitness demands are social environment and family environment. The differences in women’s fitness demands mainly come from women’s occupation, monthly income, and family stage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa61ef05eaf14ddf9ece0910a67f83b02023-11-23T20:07:49ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-01-0110218710.3390/healthcare10020187An Analysis of Women’s Fitness Demands and Their Influencing Factors in Urban ChinaYupeng Mao0Yongsheng Zhu1Fengxin Sun2Changjun Jia3Bing Liu4Physical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaPhysical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaPhysical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaPhysical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaSchool of Arts, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, ChinaThe “Healthy China 2030” plan states that it is necessary to formulate and implement physical health intervention plans for special groups, including women. Based on questionnaire data from women in seven Chinese cities, our research analyzed the status quo of women’s fitness, its influencing factors, and the differences in and characteristics of different types of women’s fitness demands from four aspects: demography, fitness motivation, fitness behavior, and fitness demands, so as to provide a reference for the promotion of women’s fitness. A total of 3473 valid samples were completed. The questionnaire included five age groups: there were 146 in the “20–29 years old” group, 829 in the “30–39 years old” group, 1088 in the “40–49 years old” group, 1105 in the “50–59 years old” group and 305 in the “60 years old and above” group. The questionnaire used in this study was a self-made questionnaire. The contents of the questionnaire included age, occupation, educational level, family circumstances, and health status, women’s fitness behavior, fitness motivation and fitness demands. The results show that the current situation of urban women’s fitness in China is characterized by low frequency and short duration of exercise. The internal factors affecting women’s fitness demands include fitness motivation and fitness behavior. The external factors affecting their fitness demands are social environment and family environment. The differences in women’s fitness demands mainly come from women’s occupation, monthly income, and family stage.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/2/187Chinese womenfitness demandsfitness behaviorfitness motivation |
| spellingShingle | Yupeng Mao Yongsheng Zhu Fengxin Sun Changjun Jia Bing Liu An Analysis of Women’s Fitness Demands and Their Influencing Factors in Urban China Healthcare Chinese women fitness demands fitness behavior fitness motivation |
| title | An Analysis of Women’s Fitness Demands and Their Influencing Factors in Urban China |
| title_full | An Analysis of Women’s Fitness Demands and Their Influencing Factors in Urban China |
| title_fullStr | An Analysis of Women’s Fitness Demands and Their Influencing Factors in Urban China |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Analysis of Women’s Fitness Demands and Their Influencing Factors in Urban China |
| title_short | An Analysis of Women’s Fitness Demands and Their Influencing Factors in Urban China |
| title_sort | analysis of women s fitness demands and their influencing factors in urban china |
| topic | Chinese women fitness demands fitness behavior fitness motivation |
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