일상생활에서의 승용차 이용시간과 스포츠 참여행태의 연관성 탐구

Abstract

Inordinate dependence of travel on driving has been known to reduce one’s overall physical activity levels in everyday life. However, few studies have demonstrated its actual association with both sports activity participation and its time. Therefore, this study was to empirically identify whether daily driving time was significantly related to participation time in sports, and if so, what types of sports activities were more closely related to it. While using the raw data on the 2014 Lifetime Survey for adults between the ages of 20 and 60, we employed such methodologies as t-tests to identify the average difference in sport activity time between groups, binomial logistic models to estimate the probability of sport activity participation, and multiple linear regression models to estimate the total sport activity time as well as the time spent on each sub-sport type). Our analysis results have four empirical findings. First, increase in driving time of adults has a significant important role in increasing both the participation probability and its time of sports activities as – but only for workers, and the effect is marginal. Second, sports types – such as walking and personal exercise, which may be easily engaged in within the vicinity of one’s residence or in daily life – are negatively affected by driving time. Third, we found a positive connection of driving time to such sport types with relatively long-distance access as mountain climbing, fishing, ball sports, and leisure activities among workers. Fourth, our analysis results demonstrate that driving time for non-workers are negatively related to the time engaged in sport activities such as strolling and personal exercise, while the other sport activities are not significant. Some findings of our study seem to be contrary to the assertation, especially for workers, that physical activity in daily life might be improved by the use of active modes, rather than private cars, for travel.

본 연구는 승용차 이용이 신체활동과 건강에 절대적으로 부정적 영향을 끼친다는 일반적인 통념과 달리 오히려 여유시간의 증대와 접근성 제고를 통하여 건강을 증진할 가능성도 있음을 밝히고자 실증분석을 시도하였다. 즉, 승용차가 접근성 향상 및 시간절약이라는 요소를 충족시켜주는 수단으로써 사용될 수 있으므로, 결과적으로 스포츠 활동시간에 긍정적인 요소로 작용할 수있을 개연성을 탐구하고자 하였다.