Hábitos y preferencias por recreación y deporte en Medellín: Una aplicación de modelos logísticos

Germán Darío Valencia Agudelo; David Tobón Orozco; John Fredy Bedoya Marulanda

doi:10.17533/udea.le.n74a9992

Authors

Germán Darío Valencia Agudelo University of Antioquia
David Tobón Orozco University of Antioquia
John Fredy Bedoya Marulanda University of Antioquia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.le.n74a9992

Keywords:

Sports, recreation, physical activity, preferences, logit models

Abstract

This paper makes a theoretical review of the factors influencing sports and recreational practices. It also provides information allowing one to understand why Medellin’s citizens do or do not participate into such practices, which physical activities they prefer and how often and with what intensity, how they face participation restrictions, and who influences their decision to take part in these activities. We surveyed 1,234 over-15-year-old people, and built two binary logit models for measuring the determinants of frequency and intensity of sports practices. We conclude that there is a high demand for sports and recreational practices in Medellín, with greater intensity in women, but limited by the high opportunity cost of those who work and are married or in cohabitation.

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Author Biographies

Germán Darío Valencia Agudelo, University of Antioquia

Titular Professor of the Institute of Political Studies, University of Antioquia.

David Tobón Orozco, University of Antioquia

Associate Professor of the Department of Economics, Researcher at the Center for Research and Consulting of the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Coordinator of the Applied Microeconomics Group, University of Antioquia

John Fredy Bedoya Marulanda, University of Antioquia

Economist and student of the Master of Science Politics of the University of Antioquia

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