Table 1 Respondent characteristics
Total | GoPA! Country Contacts | ISPAH respondents (not GoPA! Country Contacts) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
na | % | na | % | na | % | |
Participation in the survey | 143 | 100.0 | 53 | 37.1 | 90 | 62.9 |
Main area of work | ||||||
Academia (universities, schools, societies or institutions) | 117 | 81.8 | 44 | 83.0 | 73 | 81.1 |
Government | 13 | 9.1 | 3 | 5.7 | 10 | 11.1 |
Other | 13 | 9.1 | 6 | 11.3 | 7 | 7.8 |
Frequency of contact with: | ||||||
Researchers by any of the three means (emails, meetings, phone calls) | ||||||
Contact using any mean at least once a month | 119 | 83.2 | 44 | 83.0 | 75 | 83.3 |
Contact using the three means less than once a month | 24 | 16.8 | 9 | 17.0 | 15 | 16.7 |
Contact with government representatives working in physical activity promotion at any of the levels | ||||||
Contact with any representative at least once a month | 66 | 46.2 | 32 | 60.4 | 34 | 37.8 |
Contact with the representatives less than once a month | 77 | 53.9 | 21 | 39.6 | 56 | 62.2 |
Contact with government representatives working in non-communicable diseases NCD’s | ||||||
Contact with any representative at least once a month | 56 | 60.8 | 28 | 52.8 | 28 | 31.1 |
Contact with the representatives less than once a month | 87 | 39.2 | 25 | 47.2 | 62 | 68.9 |
Non-government organization representatives working in physical activity promotion | ||||||
More frequent (at least once a month) | 66 | 46.2 | 32 | 60.4 | 34 | 37.8 |
Less frequent (less than once a month) | 77 | 53.9 | 21 | 39.6 | 56 | 62.2 |
International organizations representatives working in physical activity promotion | ||||||
More frequent (at least once a month) | 56 | 39.2 | 28 | 52.8 | 28 | 31.1 |
Less frequent (less than once a month) | 87 | 60.8 | 25 | 47.2 | 62 | 68.9 |
GoPA! Country Contacts | ||||||
More frequent (at least once a month) | 34 | 23.9 | 21 | 39.6 | 13 | 14.6 |
Less frequent (less than once a month) | 108 | 76.1 | 32 | 60.4 | 76 | 85.4 |
World WHO regionb | ||||||
AFRO | 12 | 8.4 | 6 | 11. 3 | 6 | 6.7 |
EMRO | 5 | 3.5 | 26 | 49.1 | 26 | 28.9 |
EURO | 52 | 36.4 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 2.2 |
PAHO | 43 | 30.1 | 11 | 20.8 | 32 | 35.6 |
SEARO | 5 | 3.5 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 2.2 |
WPRO | 26 | 18.2 | 4 | 7.6 | 22 | 24.4 |
Country-level Income group | ||||||
High Income | 97 | 67.8 | 32 | 60.4 | 65 | 72.2 |
Upper Middle Income | 30 | 21.0 | 11 | 20.8 | 19 | 21.1 |
Lower Middle Income | 10 | 7.0 | 7 | 13.2 | 3 | 3.3 |
Low Income | 6 | 4.2 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 3.3 |