Table 2 Categories of health enhancing physical activity and median weekly minutes of walking by sample characteristics
N | Health enhancing physical activity | pa | Walking (Median) | pb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (%) | Moderate (%) | High (%) | |||||
Gender | 0.001 | 0.020 | |||||
Women | 777 | 38.5 | 42.3 | 19.1 | 180.0 | ||
Men | 693 | 35.5 | 31.0 | 33.5 | 140.0 | ||
Age | 0.001 | 0.045 | |||||
18–34 | 395 | 29.8 | 37.6 | 32.6 | 120.0 | ||
35–54 | 566 | 36.5 | 40.4 | 23.1 | 150.0 | ||
55–74 | 509 | 43.6 | 32.5 | 23.9 | 180.0 | ||
BMI | |||||||
< 25.0 | 819 | 33.8 | 39.6 | 26.6 | 0.001 | 180.0 | 0.021 |
25.0–29.9 | 508 | 37.5 | 34.6 | 27.9 | 125.0 | ||
≥ 30.0 | 118 | 58.9 | 29.5 | 11.6 | 140.0 | ||
Education | 0.001 | 0.534 | |||||
College/university | 443 | 38.9 | 42.1 | 19.0 | 175.0 | ||
High school | 632 | 32.0 | 38.3 | 29.7 | 150.0 | ||
Other | 77 | 35.2 | 35.2 | 29.6 | 180.0 | ||
Basic school | 318 | 45.4 | 26.8 | 27.8 | 165.0 | ||
Employment status | 0.001 | 0.094 | |||||
Employed | 880 | 34.3 | 39.4 | 26.4 | 150.0 | ||
Student | 126 | 25.4 | 43.4 | 31.1 | 105.0 | ||
Retired | 245 | 49.8 | 29.3 | 21.0 | 150.0 | ||
Unemployed/unknown | 219 | 41.5 | 31.5 | 27.0 | 210.0 | ||
Marital status | 0.110 | 0.712 | |||||
Single | 420 | 33.8 | 36.6 | 29.6 | 150.0 | ||
Married/Partner | 1046 | 38.4 | 37.1 | 24.5 | 150.0 | ||
Smoking status | 0.349 | 0.125 | |||||
Never smoked | 765 | 34.9 | 38.1 | 27.0 | 140.0 | ||
Former smoker | 398 | 40.7 | 33.6 | 25.3 | 180.0 | ||
Current smoker | 293 | 37.1 | 38.6 | 24.3 | 180.0 | ||
Self-perceived health | 0.001 | 0.040 | |||||
Excellent | 272 | 23.2 | 36.9 | 39.9 | 200.0 | ||
Very good | 399 | 31.7 | 40.5 | 27.8 | 140.0 | ||
Good | 478 | 40.3 | 38.6 | 21.1 | 177.5 | ||
Satisfactory or poor | 309 | 51.8 | 28.8 | 19.4 | 127.5 | ||
Total | 1470c | 37.1 | 36.9 | 26.0 | 150.0 | ||