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Although relationships between participating in physical activity (PA) and positive mental health and wellbeing are well established, little is known about the relative contributions of the different domains of PA —household, occupational, active travel, leisure and sport, family activities— to total PA and, in turn, to mental health and wellbeing. This is particularly important for deprived communities where PA is low and mental health and wellbeing poor.

Using multivariate multilevel regression of cross-sectional survey data collected in 2011, we examined self-reported PA levels and the domains and diversity of sources of PA among 2654 residents of 32 deprived neighbourhoods in Glasgow, UK, and their associations with measures of mental health, positive mental wellbeing, and physical and general health.

Household chores and active travel were the most commonly cited PAs. People achieving PA from family …