Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 5, 2025

Physical Activity Measurement in Children Accepting Table Tennis Training
Published on: July 27, 2022
Physical Activity Inequalities in Adolescents From Areas of Different Socioeconomic Status
Áxel De León Marcos1, Jesús Rivera Navarro1, Luís Cereijo Tejedor2
1Sociology Department, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Background:
Understanding socioeconomic and gender inequalities in physical inactivity during adolescence is a relevant public health issue to promote health in adult life. The aim of this qualitative study is to identify the factors that determine physical activity inequalities in adolescents.
Methods:
We selected 2 educational centers in each of the 3 socioeconomic status areas-low, middle, and high-in the city of Madrid. We conducted a total of 18 semistructured interviews and 12 focus groups involving students, parents, teachers, and school principals. We followed the interpretative/constructivist paradigm within a case study design and grounded theory for the data analysis with the usage of ATLAS.ti 23 software.
Results:
Results included 4 main themes: (1) access to off-school structured physical activities; (2) physical activity restrictions due to socioeconomic status; (3) unacknowledged privilege in upper socioeconomic status adolescents; and (4) gender physical activity inequalities.
Conclusion:
Improving the health of adolescents and future adults through increased physical activity requires equity and gender perspectives.
Related Concept Videos
Socioemotional Experience and Gender Development
Influence of Parents and Peers on Identity
Parental Influence on Identity Development
Parents serve as primary guides and managers in an adolescent's life, offering support instrumental in decision-making and personal growth....
Bullying
Ethnic Identity within a Larger Culture
Signs of Puberty
Conduct Disorder

