Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1541-1546

Comparisons of Physical Activity and Walking Between Korean Immigrant and White Women in King County, WA (Article)

Baek S.-R. , Moudon A.V. , Saelens B.E. , Kang B. , Hurvitz P.M. , Bae C.-H.C.*
  • a Department of Urban and Regional Planning, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
  • b Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, 410 Gould Hall, Box 355740, Seattle, WA 98195-5740, United States
  • c Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
  • d Department of Urban and Regional Planning, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
  • e Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, 410 Gould Hall, Box 355740, Seattle, WA 98195-5740, United States
  • f Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, 410 Gould Hall, Box 355740, Seattle, WA 98195-5740, United States

Abstract

Immigrant and minority women are less physically active than White women particularly during leisure time. However, prior research demonstrates that reported household physical activity (PA) and non-leisure time walking/biking were higher among the former. Using accelerometers, GPS, and travel logs, transport-related, home-based, and leisure time PA were measured objectively for 7 days from a convenience sample of 60 first-generation Korean immigrant women and 69 matched White women from the Travel Assessment and Community Project in King County, Washington. Time spent in total PA, walking, and home-based PA was higher among Whites than Korean immigrants regardless of PA type or location. 58 % of the White women but only 20 % of the Korean women met CDC’s PA recommendations. Socio-economic status, psychosocial factors, and participants’ neighborhood built environmental factors failed to account for the observed PA differences between these groups. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Walking GPS Accelerometer Korean immigrant women Objective measures White women physical activity

Index Keywords

South Korea leisure Republic of Korea Caucasian demography exercise human epidemiology middle aged statistics and numerical data Environment ethnology Washington Residence Characteristics Humans migrant Asian Americans Emigrants and Immigrants Asian American female Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics walking adult European Continental Ancestry Group Leisure Activities Accelerometry
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84945560054&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-015-0290-1&partnerID=40&md5=ce320b9c0f37c4a7160117e0958cd88b
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0290-1
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English