Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: 10.1136/jech-2020-215319
Title: After the bell : adolescents' organised leisure-time activities and well-being in the context of social and socioeconomic inequalities
Authors: Badura, Petr
Hamrik, Zdenek
Dierckens, Maxim
Gobiņa, Inese
Malinowska-Cieślik, Marta
Furstova, Jana
Kopcakova, Jaroslava
Pickett, William
Institute of Public Health
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
Keywords: 3.3 Health sciences;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
Issue Date: 10-Jun-2021
Citation: Badura , P , Hamrik , Z , Dierckens , M , Gobiņa , I , Malinowska-Cieślik , M , Furstova , J , Kopcakova , J & Pickett , W 2021 , ' After the bell : adolescents' organised leisure-time activities and well-being in the context of social and socioeconomic inequalities ' , Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , vol. 75 , no. 7 , pp. 628-636 . https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-215319
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Previous research has linked adolescents' participation in organised leisure-time activities (OLTAs) to better health and well-being. It remains unclear whether these associations can be observed consistently across social and socioeconomic strata and countries. METHODS: The present study used nine nationally representative samples of adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 years (total n=55 429) from the 2017/2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey from Europe and Canada. Regression models with mixed effects to account for nested nature of data were applied to estimate: (1) the associations of social and socioeconomic factors with OLTA participation; (2) strengths of the associations between breadth and pattern of OLTA participation with health and well-being indicators, after adjustment for the social and socioeconomic factors. RESULTS: Rates of OLTA participation varied by age, sex and country of adolescents. Participants from lower socioeconomic classes and non-nuclear families were less likely to participate in OLTAs across each of the nine countries. Moreover, breadth of OLTA participation was associated with higher well-being independent of socioeconomic status or family structure. All of the participation patterns were associated with higher life satisfaction, but sports (either alone or in combination with a non-sport OLTA) were also associated with fewer psychological complaints and excellent self-rated health. CONCLUSION: Adolescents' engagement in OLTAs was associated with adolescents' subjective well-being regardless of country, age, sex and variance in social and socioeconomic factors. Policies aimed at increasing adolescents' subjective well-being and OLTA participation should focus on adolescents from low socioeconomic classes and non-nuclear families.
Description: Funding Information: Funding The work was supported by the grant of the Czech Science Foundation ’Leisure time in the context of the healthy development of school-aged children’ (GA18-24977S), by the European Regional Development Fund Project ’Effective Use of Social Research Studies for Practice’ (No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_025/0007294 ) and by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under Contract No. APVV-18–0070. Publisher Copyright: ©
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2020-215319
ISSN: 0143-005X
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