The Opportunity Cost of Exercise: Do Higher-Earning Australians Exercise Longer, Harder, or Both?
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Health Policy, 2012, 106 (2), pp. 187 - 194
- Issue Date:
- 2012-01
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Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Maruyama, S | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Yin, Q | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2012-03-16 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2012-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Health Policy, 2012, 106 (2), pp. 187 - 194 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0168-8510 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10453/28816 | |
dc.description.abstract | Despite the widely documented benefits of exercise, very little is known about how individuals make the decision on exercise. In particular, the decision on the intensity of exercise has attracted only one US study to date, which tests the hypothesis that individuals shift toward less time-intensive but more physically intensive forms of exercise as their wages increase. In this article, we revisit this hypothesis by employing a more credible empirical framework. Studying Australian data we confirm that higher-income Australians tend to exercise more frequently with a longer duration and a higher intensity of exercise. Exercise regimens individualised based on the behavioural patterns of exercise across socio-economic groups will contribute to the efficiency and efficacy of the exercise promotion. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Health Policy | en_US |
dc.relation.isbasedon | 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.013 | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | Health Policy & Services | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Exercise | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Models, Economic | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Health Behavior | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Age Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Sex Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Time Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Socioeconomic Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Adult | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Aged | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Middle Aged | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Income | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Australia | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Physical Exertion | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Young Adult | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Adult | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Age Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Aged | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Australia | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Exercise | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Health Behavior | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Income | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Middle Aged | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Models, Economic | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Physical Exertion | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Sex Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Socioeconomic Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Time Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Young Adult | en_US |
dc.title | The Opportunity Cost of Exercise: Do Higher-Earning Australians Exercise Longer, Harder, or Both? | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
utslib.citation.volume | 2 | en_US |
utslib.citation.volume | 106 | en_US |
utslib.for | 1402 Applied Economics | en_US |
utslib.for | 1117 Public Health And Health Services | en_US |
utslib.for | 1605 Policy And Administration | en_US |
pubs.embargo.period | Not known | en_US |
pubs.organisational-group | /University of Technology Sydney | |
pubs.organisational-group | /University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business | |
pubs.organisational-group | /University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics | |
utslib.copyright.status | closed_access | |
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pubs.issue | 2 | en_US |
pubs.notes | Journal on 2015 ERA list-OK-SB | en_US |
pubs.volume | 106 | en_US |
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Despite the widely documented benefits of exercise, very little is known about how individuals make the decision on exercise. In particular, the decision on the intensity of exercise has attracted only one US study to date, which tests the hypothesis that individuals shift toward less time-intensive but more physically intensive forms of exercise as their wages increase. In this article, we revisit this hypothesis by employing a more credible empirical framework. Studying Australian data we confirm that higher-income Australians tend to exercise more frequently with a longer duration and a higher intensity of exercise. Exercise regimens individualised based on the behavioural patterns of exercise across socio-economic groups will contribute to the efficiency and efficacy of the exercise promotion.
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