Investigating disparities in spatial accessibility to and characteristics of sport facilities: direction, strength, and spatial scale of associations with area income.
We conducted an environmental justice study of the spatial distribution of sport facilities, a major resource for physical activity, in the Paris Region in France. Comprehensive data of the French Census of Sport Facilities allowed us to investigate disparities not only in the spatial accessibility to facilities, but also in the characteristics of these facilities. We found that the associations between area income and the presence of facilities or favorable characteristics of these facilities varied from positive to negative depending on the facilities and on the characteristics examined. Sensitivity analyses defining area income in circular areas of different radii permitted a refined identification of areas underserved in sport facilities.
Billaudeau
Nathalie
N
Inserm, U707, Research Unit in Epidemiology, Information Systems, and Modeling, Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, 27 rue Chaligny, 75012 Paris, France.
Oppert
Jean-Michel
JM
Simon
Chantal
C
Charreire
Hélène
H
Casey
Romain
R
Salze
Paul
P
Badariotti
Dominique
D
Banos
Arnaud
A
Weber
Christiane
C
Chaix
Basile
B
D005843:Geography; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010297:Paris; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013177:Sports / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*