Park-Based Physical Activity, Users’ Socioeconomic Profiles, and Parks’ Characteristics: Empirical Evidence from Bangkok

It is beneficial to a person’s physical and mental health engage in regular activity, while public parks are critical infrastructure for encouraging activity. However, little research has examined how parks’ users’ characteristics affect activity intensity. Using primary data collected from 432 users of six different sizes Bangkok, this study the relationship between park user moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA). Descriptive inferential statistics were used understand profile usage parks. Logistic regression was employed determine association MVPA users. The results show that positively influenced by gender (being male with 29.0%), time spent (MVPA 22.7%), weekend evenings 21.6%, large size 18.9%, availability facilities 233.0%. age, marital status, occupation did not influence MVPA. Our findings indicate improvement enlargement can increase various ages genders. Furthermore, improving small parks, raising local awareness, disseminating information about boost