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dc.contributor.authorAmbrey, Christopher-
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-13T03:40:47Zen
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T02:17:02Zen
dc.date.available2015-12-08T02:17:02Zen
dc.date.issued2015-12-08-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10620/18063en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10620/4180en
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the synergy between greenspace and physical activity and its implications for wellbeing. In particular, how this synergy may depend on population size in the neighbourhood. Study design: Cross-sectional analysis of resident-level responses from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey for 2013 subset to Australia’s major capital cities linked to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data. Methods: GIS data on greenspace per capita and Australian Bureau of Statistics data on population size for the neighbourhood are matched to the residents in the HILDA survey on the basis of the Census Collection District in which they reside. A cluster-specific fixed effects model is estimated for the outcomes of mental health and psychological distress. A battery of socio-demographic and location characteristics were also adjusted for. Interaction terms are used to discern the extent to which population size may moderate any synergistic wellbeing benefits associated with physical activity and greenspace. This question is ultimately operationalised as a three-way interaction effect (greenspace × physical activity × population size). Results: The results indicate that physical activity is most strongly and positively associated with mental health (statistically significant at the 1% level), with an estimated coefficient of 0.6307. The results also reveal that physical activity is negatively associated with psychological distress (statistically significant at the 10% level), with an estimated coefficient of -0.2447. Unexpectedly, for both mental health and psychological distress the greenspace and population variables are not found to have separate statistically significant effects. Furthermore, while the results fail to find, on average, the hypothesised synergy between greenspace and physical activity, a closer inspection reveals that this link may depend on the population size of a neighbourhood. The interaction term for greenspace, physical activity and population bears a coefficient estimate of 0.0033, statistically significant at the 5% level in the mental health regression and a coefficient of -0.0032, statistically significant at the 1% level in the psychological distress regression. Conclusion: The results indicate that physical activity is linked differently to mental health and psychological distress. The results initially provide no evidence of the hypothesised greenspace-physical activity synergy. The results provide evidence that this synergy is greater in more in more populated neighbourhoods.en
dc.subjectHealth -- Mentalen
dc.subjectActvities -- Outdoor activitiesen
dc.subjectHealth -- Physical activityen
dc.subjectHealth -- Wellbeingen
dc.titleGreenspace, physical activity and wellbeing in Australian capital cities: How does population size moderate the relationship?en
dc.typeJournal Articlesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.puhe.2015.11.013en
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033350615004643en
dc.identifier.surveyHILDAen
dc.description.keywordsGreenspaceen
dc.description.keywordsPsychological distressen
dc.description.keywordsMental healthen
dc.description.keywordsWellbeingen
dc.description.keywordsPhysical activityen
dc.identifier.journalPublic Healthen
dc.identifier.volume133en
dc.description.pages38-44en
local.identifier.id4700en
dc.title.bookPublic Healthen
dc.subject.dssChildhood and child developmenten
dc.subject.dssHealth and wellbeingen
dc.subject.dssmaincategoryActvitiesen
dc.subject.dssmaincategoryHealthen
dc.subject.dsssubcategoryMentalen
dc.subject.dsssubcategoryPhysical activityen
dc.subject.dsssubcategoryOutdoor activitiesen
dc.subject.dsssubcategoryWellbeingen
dc.subject.flosseChildhood and child developmenten
dc.subject.flosseHealth and wellbeingen
dc.relation.surveyHILDAen
dc.old.surveyvalueHILDAen
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