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Table 5 Associations between country-level environmental characteristics and physical activity, stratified by occupational class a

From: The influence of the macro-environment on physical activity: a multilevel analysis of 38 countries worldwide

Environmental factor

Type of activity

OR 95% CI

  

White Collar b

Blue Collar c

Agriculture

Not Working

Temperature

Vigorous

0.97

0.94-0.99

0.96

0.93-1.00

0.99

0.94-1.03

0.96

0.93-1.00

 

Moderate

0.98

0.95-1.01

0.97

0.93-1.00

0.96

0.93-0.99

0.97

0.94-1.01

 

Walking

0.93

0.90-0.96

0.93

0.90-0.97

0.94

0.90-0.98

0.94

0.90-0.97

Motor vehicle density

Vigorous

1.33

1.03-1.71

1.37

0.97-1.92

1.26

0.83-1.92

1.46

1.09-1.97

 

Moderate

1.20

0.89-1.62

1.15

0.84-1.59

1.10

0.81-1.48

1.36

0.96-1.94

 

Walking

1.24

0.91-1.69

1.27

0.93-1.73

1.21

0.85-1.73

1.43

1.02-2.00

Rural population

Vigorous

1.02

0.95-1.10

1.06

0.96-1.16

1.06

0.95-1.19

1.06

0.97-1.15

 

Moderate

1.07

0.99-1.16

1.08

1.00-1.18

1.04

0.96-1.13

1.05

0.95-1.15

 

Walking

0.98

0.90-1.07

0.99

0.91-1.08

0.99

0.89-1.09

0.98

0.89-1.08

GDP

Vigorous

0.96

0.82-1.12

0.92

0.76-1.12

0.89

0.70-1.14

0.81

0.68-0.98

 

Moderate

0.81

0.69-0.96

0.87

0.72-1.04

0.91

0.76-1.09

0.82

0.67-1.00

 

Walking

0.92

0.75-1.12

0,90

0.74-1.10

0.98

0.79-1.22

0.98

0.79-1.21

Governance indicator

Vigorous

1.31

0.90-1.91

1.16

0.70-1.91

1.26

0.68-2.34

1.11

0.70-1.24

 

Moderate

1.04

0.67-1.60

0.94

0.59-1.49

1.03

0.66-1.61

1.07

0.64-1.80

 

Walking

0.77

0.50-1.20

0.81

0.51-1.27

0.77

0.46-1.29

0.88

0.53-1.47

Literacy rate

Vigorous

1.03

0.96-1.10

1.06

0.97-1.15

1.06

0.95-1.17

1.02

0.94-1.10

 

Moderate

1.03

0.96-1.11

1.03

0.95-1.12

1.02

0.95-1.10

1.04

0.95-1.14

 

Walking

0.99

0.91-1.07

0.99

0.91-1.07

0.99

0.90-1.08

0.98

0.90-1.07

SIGI

Vigorous

1.12

0.90-1.39

1.18

0.89-1.57

1.09

0.76-1.57

1.10

0.85-1.43

 

Moderate

1.08

0.84-1.38

1.05

0.81-1.37

1.03

0.79-1.34

1.28

0.96-1.71

 

Walking

1.10

0.85-1.42

1.12

0.86-1.45

1.12

0.82-1.51

1.23

0.93-1.63

  1. a All models are corrected for age, educational attainment and occupational class on the individual level and average yearly temperature and GDP on the country-level (except in the model where these were included as determinant).
  2. b White collar (e.g. legislator, clerk or sales worker).
  3. c Blue collar (e.g. craft trades worker, elementary worker or plant operator).
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