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Who goes to metropolitan parks? A latent class analysis approach to understanding park visitation
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posted on 2018-01-01, 00:00 authored by Jenny VeitchJenny Veitch, W C Wang, Jo SalmonJo Salmon, Alison Carver, B Giles-Corti, Anna TimperioAnna TimperioThis study aimed to identify typologies of park visitors and to examine associations among these typologies and socio-demographic characteristics. In 2013, intercept interviews were completed with 794 adult park visitors at two large parks located in Melbourne, Australia. Latent class analysis identified three classes of visitor: physically active visitor, with dog (12.4%); physically active visitor, with no dog (35.7%); and infrequent, low active, social visitor (51.9%). Respondents who were older and owned a dog had higher odds of being in Class 1 and Class 2. Respondents who had children had higher odds of being in Class 3. Respondents who reported poor health were less likely to be in Class 2 than in Class 3. Park users can be distinguished by the behaviors in which they engage. Understanding typologies of visitors will assist with the development of intervention strategies to optimize park visitation and park-based physical activity.
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Leisure sciencesVolume
40Issue
5Pagination
343 - 355Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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0149-0400eISSN
1521-0588Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2017, Taylor & FrancisUsage metrics
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