Do all "Canadians" have equal access to outdoor physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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https://doi.org/10.14288/hfjc.v14i3.690Keywords:
Intersectionality, Social Determinants of Health, Anti-Immigrant, Exercise, SARS-CoV-2Abstract
Background: Immigrants may face different challenges in participating in social and health-related activities, including physical activity (PA), during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with the upsurge of violence towards immigrant and racialized communities. Purpose: To examine the associations between social class and outdoor and indoor PA, with the immigrant status as the key variable. Methods: National-level, cross-sectional data from 4,052 Canadians aged 25+ yrs (50.7% women) who participated in the Canadian Perspective Survey Series–Impacts of COVID-19 were used. Exposures included immigrant status, educational attainment, employment status, and financial impacts due to COVID-19. Outcomes were outdoor/indoor PA. Covariates included sex, age, household size, presence of a child <18 yrs, and marital status. Decision tree analyses and logistic regressions were used. Results: Regardless of education and employment, immigrants to Canada were far less likely to participate in outdoor PA than their Canadian counterparts during COVID-19 (72% vs 52%). Furthermore, immigrant status appears to be compounded with no employment status due to COVID-19 in participating in outdoor PA. For both outdoor and indoor PA, no post-secondary education appears to serve as a deterrent among Canadian-born individuals only. Conclusions: This study highlights the complexity of how social class variables intersect and manifest in PA participation. Disparities may exist in accessing outdoor spaces for PA across different social class groups during COVID-19, particularly among those who immigrated. Within the Canadian-born population group, disparities existed by educational attainment. Future research should investigate ways that could equitably promote access to PA during and beyond the pandemic era. Funding: The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this work.
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