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Indoor fitness training is one of the largest and most widespread movement activities in Denmark with more than 57% of the adult population in Denmark participating in indoor and/or outdoor fitness activities.
Research shows that participation in sport and physical activities depends on a combination of the opportunities to be active and the individuals socioeconomic background and motives for doing sports and being physically active. Research also shows that men travel further than women to be physically active. The same applies to people in rural areas, people living in areas with high socio-economic status and car owners. We want to investigate whether this also applies to indoor fitness training and how important the services, functions and location of the fitness facilities play in this context. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to analyze and identify which criteria and characteristics that determine adults’ choice of indoor fitness facilities in Denmark.
The data basis for the analysis is 1,588 fitness practitioners’ answers in a map-based questionnaire about their training habits and fitness facilities (20 percent of those invited). Data at the individual level will be linked with prior survey data and with spatial census data for the level of urbanization, socioeconomic status, household income, facility density etc.
Based on the results we will present; we will discuss which criteria and characteristics matter most in Danish adults’ choice of fitness facilities - including how much the distance between home, workplace and facility means in relation to price, services offered and other characteristics.
