Relationship between Age Group and Sports Involvement Status over the Past Year in Adult: From Examination of Experience of Adherence, Dropout, Adoption, and Resumption Career

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine how an individual's involvement in exercise and sports, including past experience, is related to age group for career patterns of sports participation (the experience of adherence, adoption, dropout and resumption) in adults. This study relies on secondary analysis data, derived from the 2018 Kansai Sports Monitoring Survey.The survey was conducted from December 6 to 10, 2018, using a web questionnaire, which remained open for participation until the total number of responses reached 10,000. The subjects analyzed in this study were (1) basic attributes; (2) sports involvement status, past and present; and (3) experience in career patterns of sports participation over the past year.Respondents were classified into three age groups: 18-29, 30-49, and 50 and older. First, for each of the four career groups, cross tabulation and chi-squared tests were conducted to examine the relationship between the age groups and each factor. Second, a multinomial logistic regression analysis was performed using significant items derived from the chi-squared test as explanatory variables and the three age groups as objective variables. The results indicate that there are differences by career in the relationship between age group and the status of sports involvement. Furthermore, in addition to youth experience, participation behaviors other than recent involvement in sports are related to the 50 and older for each career. It will be important to pay more attention to the relationship between sports-related activities other than participation in exercise and sports.