Socioeconomic profile of practitioners of street racing in the city of Teresina-PI

Abstract

The street race is a sports practice accessible to different individuals and nationalities, due to the constant search for this sport, a large number of competitions are observed and enrolled in these events. Objective: To raise the socioeconomic profile of street-racing practitioners from the city of Teresina - PI. Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study. Held in race counseling and in public places defined by the organization team, in the city of Teresina-PI, made up of amateur category runners, adults of both sexes, aged between 20 and 59 years. Results and discussion: It was observed that 56% of joggers belong to males, 38% between 31 and 40 years of age, 38% have practice time of 1 to 3 years, 28% with family income of five to ten minimum wages and 56.8% with higher education. Conclusion: It could be concluded that the street race practitioners are mostly male, already practiced the sports modality at a significant time, belonging to the middle age group to the young adult population, have a good level of schooling and income, agreeing with findings in the literature.