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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics in adolescence (Wave I, 1994-95) and young adulthood (Wave III, 2001-02) [mean/% (SE)]1

From: Residential self-selection bias in the estimation of built environment effects on physical activity between adolescence and young adulthood

 

Male

Female

 

Total (n = 6,242)

Movers2 (n = 4,065)

Non-movers (n = 2,177)

P 3

Total

(n = 6,459)

Movers2 (n = 4,460)

Non-movers (n = 1,999)

P 3

MVPA - Wave I (mean, bouts/week)

7.2 (0.1)

7.5 (0.2)

7.1 (0.1)

0.05

5.7 (0.1)

5.9 (0.1)

5.6 (0.1)

0.03

MVPA - Wave III (mean, bouts/week)

3.2 (0.1)

3.4 (0.1)

3.2 (0.1)

0.10

2.5 (0.1)

2.6 (0.1)

2.4 (0.1)

0.02

Age - Wave I (mean)

15.5 (0.1)

15.7 (0.1)

15.2 (0.1)

< 0.001

15.3 (0.1)

15.4 (0.1)

14.9 (0.1)

< 0.001

Age - Wave III (mean)

21.9 (0.1)

22.1 (0.1)

21.6 (0.1)

< 0.001

21.7 (0.1)

21.8 (0.1)

21.3 (0.2)

< 0.001

Parental household income - Wave I (mean, in 10,000's U.S. dollars)

43.1 (1.5)

43.2 (1.7)

43.0 (1.4)

0.9

44.6 (1.6)

44.0 (1.7)

46.1 (1.8)

0.07

Race/ethnicity (%)

   

< 0.001

   

0.01

White

68.4 (2.9)

71.1 (2.8)

62.8 (3.7)

 

69.9 (2.9)

71.7 (2.8)

65.8 (3.7)

 

Black

15.5 (2.1)

15.4 (2.1)

15.8 (2.4)

 

14.9 (2.0)

14.8 (2.1)

15.0 (2.2)

 

Asian

3.7 (0.7)

2.9 (0.6)

5.1 (1.2)

 

3.3 (0.7)

3.0 (0.6)

4.1 (1.1)

 

Hispanic

12.4 (1.8)

10.6 (1.5)

16.2 (2.7)

 

11.9 (1.8)

10.6 (1.6)

15.0 (2.8)

 

Highest parental education (%)

   

0.09

   

0.8

< High school

14.7 (1.4)

13.6 (1.3)

16.9 (1.9)

 

15.2 (1.4)

15.4 (1.4)

14.9 (1.8)

 

High school/GED

31.4 (1.3)

31.6 (1.5)

31.0 (1.6)

 

32.3 (1.3)

31.8 (1.4)

33.6 (1.6)

 

Some college

28.6 (1.0)

28.6 (1.1)

28.4 (1.4)

 

27.0 (0.9)

27.2 (1.1)

26.6 (1.4)

 

College or greater

25.3 (1.7)

26.1 (1.9)

23.7 (1.9)

 

25.5 (1.7)

25.7 (1.8)

24.9 (1.9)

 

Region (%)

   

0.01

   

0.001

West

15.6 (1.4)

15.4 (1.6)

16.0 (2.0)

 

16.4 (1.4)

15.7 (1.5)

18.2 (2.3)

 

Midwest

30.4 (2.3)

32.2 (2.8)

26.7 (2.2)

 

32.6 (2.6)

33.9 (2.9)

29.6 (3.0)

 

South

39.4 (1.8)

40.0 (2.1)

38.1 (2.5)

 

36.5 (1.8)

38.5 (2.2)

32.0 (2.4)

 

Northeast

14.6 (0.9)

12.4 (1.1)

19.2 (1.9)

 

14.4 (1.0)

11.9 (1.3)

20.3 (2.1)

 
  1. 1National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (United States)
  2. 2Residential relocation defined as > 1/4 mile Euclidean distance between Wave I and Wave III residential locations
  3. 32-sided test of difference between movers and non-movers in males and females determined from adjusted Wald tests (continuous variables) and design-based F-tests (categorical variables), weighted and corrected for clustering.
  4. GED, Graduate Equivalency Degree; MVPA, moderate-vigorous physical activity; SE, standard error
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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