International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 1 Basic characteristics of respondents

From: Psychological, social, and environmental factors to meeting physical activity recommendations among Japanese adults

	Participants
	Men	Women		Total		*^#General Japanese
	n	%	N	%	n	%	%
Total	962	49.8	970	50.2	1932	100.0	-
Age
20–29	192	20.0	195	20.1	387	20.0	15.9
30–39	196	20.4	191	19.7	387	20.0	19.0
40–49	197	20.5	196	20.2	393	20.3	16.3
≥50	377	39.2	388	40.0	765	39.6	48.8
Marital status
Married	606	63.0	703	72.5	1309	67.8	64.5
Unmarried	356	37.0	267	27.5	623	32.2	35.5
Educational status
≤ high school graduate	237	24.6	292	30.1	529	27.4	67.7
2 years of college	125	13.0	358	36.9	483	25.0	12.6
≥ college graduate	600	62.4	320	33.0	920	47.6	15.5
Employment status
Employed	801	83.3	496	51.1	1297	67.1	56.0
Not employed	161	16.7	474	48.9	635	32.9	44.0
Household income
< 3,000,000 yen	150	15.6	160	16.5	310	16.0	30.6
3,000,000–yen	283	29.4	265	27.3	548	28.4	23.2
5,000,000–yen	201	20.9	195	20.1	396	20.5	13.5
7,000,000–yen	202	21.0	214	22.1	416	21.5	17.2
10,000,000–yen	126	13.1	136	14.0	262	13.6	11.3
No	658	68.4	817	84.2	1475	76.3	-
Yes	304	31.6	153	23.7	457	23.7	-

Study conducted by Internet research service organization, Tokyo, Japan, in February 2008.
*Reference: Age, Marital status, and Employed status: 2005 Population Census of Japan; Educational status: 2000 Population Census of Japan; Household income levels: 2006 National Livelihood Survey
# Data of all those aged 19 and below were excluded.

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