(Department of Physical Education of Normal College,Shenzhen University,Shenzhen 518060,China) Abstract: The author investigated exercise affecting factors of peasant workers in the Pearl River Delta region, ex-tracted 7 primary factors by means of factor analysis, performed a multi-relation analysis on these 7 primary factors and exercise behaviors by using structural equations to build a model, and revealed the following findings: such sports factors as physical health, economic condition as well as community and enterprise have a significant positive effect on exercise behaviors of peasant workers, while such a factor as working and living pressure has a significant negative effect on exercise behaviors; cultural and life style, mental and survival pressure, sports attitude and ability, have not become primary factors that affect physical exercise of peasant workers. Key words: social sports;exercise behavior;structural equation model;peasant worker |