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To estimate the association between neighborhood contextual variables and leisure-time physical activity. Data were analyzed for 2, adults from Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Southeastern Brazil, participating in the longitudinal study in Leisure-time physical activity in the two preceding weeks was assessed dichotomously.
Sex, age, income, education and marital status were analyzed as individual variables. Neighborhood contextual characteristics were the social development index, the Theil index and the proportion of the area occupied by parks, squares and gardens, categorized in quintiles.
The prevalence of leisure-time physical activity was higher in residents in neighborhoods with higher indices of social development between Regarding the social development index, the adjusted odds ratios for physical activity were 1. The odds ratios for the proportion of parks, squares and gardens were 0. After adjusting for the other variables, only the social development index continued to be associated with leisure-time physical activity, with odds ratios of 1.
Leisure-time physical activity was more common in residents in neighborhoods with higher social development indices. No association was observed between access to leisure areas and income inequality.
