Geographical Distribution of Participants in Yokohama Walking Point Program

Abstract

In this paper, we conducted two analyses on the Yokohama Walking Point Program. First, we analyzed the participation rate of the program by Zip code area. We found that the geographical distribution of the participation rate is different by age but not by sex and that more women participate in the program than men. Secondly, we defined the proximity to pedometer-readers of each Zip code area as the coverage ratio by 300m-buffers of pedometer-readers, and analyzed the relationship between the proximity to pedometer-readers and the participation rate of each Zip code. We found that there is no relationship between the two. It suggests that the proximity to the places doesn't affect the participation rate of the program if there are enough number of places when planning a program in which participants need to visit particular places.