title: Social capital, desire to increase physical activity and leisure-time physical activity: a population-based study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the associations between social capital (trust) and leisure-time physical activity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 2004 Public Health Survey in Skåne is a cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  In total, 27,757 individuals aged 18-80 years answered a postal questionnaire (59% participation). Logistic regression models were used to investigate the associations between trust, desire to increase physical activity and leisure-time physical activity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of low leisure-time physical activity was 15.3% among men and 13.2% among women. Middle-aged men and older women, respondents born abroad, those with medium/low education, those with the desire to increase physical activity but needing support, and those reporting low trust had significantly higher odds ratios of low leisure-time physical activity than their respective reference groups. The associations between low trust and desire to increase physical activity and between low trust and low leisure-time physical activity remained in the multiple models.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The positive association between low trust and low leisure-time physical activity remained after multiple adjustments. There is a concentration of men and women with low leisure-time physical activity who report the desire to increase their physical activity but think that they need support to do so. This group also has a significantly higher prevalence of low trust.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. martin.lindstrom@smi.mas.lu.se
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lindström
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003625:Data Collection; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011998:Recreation; D012737:Sex Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013548:Sweden; D035502:Trust; D055815:Young Adult