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Table 8 The dependence of sports participation rate on the distances conditional on covariates: country sample

From: The closer the sportier? Children’s sports activity and their distance to sports facilities

 

No. of observations

Sports in club

Sports not in club

Unconditional

Conditional

SD

Unconditional

Conditional

SD

Gym

0–0.5 km

1,005

0.59

0.56

0.02

0.51

0.53

0.02

0.5–1 km

802

0.55

0.52

0.02

0.50

0.50

0.02

1–1.5 km

340

0.53

0.50

0.03

0.53

0.52

0.03

1.5–2 km

197

0.50

0.49

0.04

0.52

0.52

0.04

2–2.5 km

129

0.54

0.53

0.04

0.59

0.58

0.04

2.5–3 km

132

0.42

0.43

0.04

0.52

0.52

0.04

3–4 km

267

0.32

0.38

0.03

0.54

0.55

0.03

4–5 km

220

0.39

0.45

0.03

0.46

0.46

0.04

5+ km

312

0.36

0.47

0.03

0.48

0.46

0.03

Sports ground

0–0.5 km

957

0.52

0.52

0.02

0.52

0.52

0.02

0.5–1 km

960

0.52

0.50

0.02

0.50

0.50

0.02

1–1.5 km

533

0.57

0.53

0.02

0.50

0.49

0.02

1.5–2 km

284

0.49

0.52

0.03

0.51

0.51

0.03

2–2.5 km

178

0.47

0.52

0.04

0.53

0.55

0.04

2.5–3 km

77

0.35

0.35

0.05

0.56

0.53

0.06

3–4 km

180

0.42

0.44

0.04

0.53

0.51

0.04

4–5 km

105

0.42

0.48

0.04

0.50

0.50

0.05

5+ km

130

0.34

0.46

0.04

0.48

0.49

0.05

  1. Results from probit estimations with the respective sports activities as dependent variables. Dummies for distances (shown) and the control variables of the propensity score are included as explanatory variables. Average discrete effects of the distance dummies and their standard error are shown. Standard errors obtained from 999 bootstrap replications. Efron’s Pseudo R 2 is 0.14 for sports in clubs using distance to gym and 0.14 for distance to sports ground. For sports outside clubs and distance to gym as well as distance to sports ground Efron’s Pseudo R 2 is 0.03