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Table 2 Percentage of individuals reporting no PA, China Health and Nutrition Survey 1991-2009a,b

From: Differential associations of urbanicity and income with physical activity in adults in urbanizing China: findings from the population-based China Health and Nutrition Survey 1991-2009

 

Men

Women

 

1991

2000

2009

1991

2000

2009

Total PA (proportion of sample reporting zero)

Low Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

0.5 (0.3)*

2.7 (0.6)*

7.6 (1.1)*

0.7 (0.3)*

1.0 (0.4)*

2.6 (0.6)*

  Med Income

0.2 (0.2)*

1.8 (0.6)*

3.1 (0.8)*

0.6 (0.4)*

1.6 (0.6)*

2.5 (0.7)*

  High Income

1.4 (0.6)

0.8 (0.5)*

4.5 (1.0)*

0.8 (0.5)*

1.1 (0.5)*

3.2 (0.9)*

Med Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

2.3 (0.7)*

5.8 (1.1)*

12.4 (1.5)*

0.7 (0.4)*

5.2 (1.0)*

4.3 (0.9)*

  Med Income

3.1 (0.9)*

3.3 (0.8)*

7.6 (1.2)*

1.8 (0.6)

3.5 (0.8)

3.2 (0.8)

  High Income

1.7 (0.6)*

3.5 (0.8)*

5.4 (1.0)*

0.6 (0.3)

2.1 (0.6)

2.1 (0.6)

High Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

4.2 (1.2)*

11.4 (1.7)*

16.9 (2.0)*

0.9 (0.5)*

6.5 (1.2)*

2.8 (0.8)*

  Med Income

2.7 (0.7)*

8.7 (1.3)*

11.5 (1.4)*

2.3 (0.6)

3.5 (0.8)

2.0 (0.6)

  High Income

4.2 (1.2)*

11.4 (1.7)*

16.9 (2.0)*

0.9 (0.5)

6.5 (1.2)

2.8 (0.8)

Occupational PA (proportion of sample reporting zero)

Low Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

0.7 (0.3)*

5.0 (0.8)*

13.0 (1.4)*

1.3 (0.5)*

8.7 (1.1)*

20.7 (1.6)*

  Med Income

0.7 (0.4)*

3.7 (0.9)*

7.3 (1.2)*

0.9 (0.4)*

6.2 (1.1)*

14.5 (1.6)*

  High Income

1.7 (0.7)

4.9 (1.1)*

6.8 (1.2)*

2.4 (0.8)*

3.7 (1.0)*

13.1 (1.7)*

Med Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

3.6 (0.9)*

15.9 (1.7)*

29.3 (2.1)*

10.1 (1.3)*

26.3 (2.0)*

37.3 (2.1)*

  Med Income

3.6 (1.0)*

10.6 (1.4)*

18.9 (1.8)*

6.6 (1.2)*

19.6 (1.7)*

30.8 (2.1)*

  High Income

2.3 (0.7)*

8.5 (1.3)*

16.0 (1.6)*

4.3 (0.9)*

13.9 (1.5)*

28.7 (2.0)*

High Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

9.0 (1.7)*

46.4 (2.7)*

55.3 (2.7)*

25.6 (2.5)*

61.3 (2.4)*

69.4 (2.2)*

  Med Income

5.1 (1.0)*

31.9 (2.1)*

35.7 (2.1)*

11.5 (1.3)*

39.2 (2.1)*

56.5 (2.1)*

  High Income

5.6 (1.0)

18.0 (1.5)*

28.2 (1.9)*

12.3 (1.4)*

33.5 (1.8)*

46.7 (2.0)*

Domestic PA (proportion of sample reporting zero)

Low Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

50.3 (2.1)*

63.8 (1.9)*

45.9 (2.1)*

6.6 (1.0)*

11.9 (1.2)*

5.8 (0.9)*

  Med Income

55.7 (2.4)*

56.1 (2.3)*

48.7 (2.2)*

7.7 (1.2)*

11.1 (1.4)*

5.4 (1.0)*

  High Income

52.8 (2.7)*

54.6 (2.6)*

51.9 (2.4)*

12.8 (1.7)*

11.7 (1.7)*

7.5 (1.3)*

Med Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

45.4 (2.3)*

63.4 (2.2)*

45.7 (2.2)*

3.9 (0.8)*

13.3 (1.5)*

6.5 (1.0)*

  Med Income

51.2 (2.6)*

53.4 (2.2)*

52.1 (2.3)*

8.2 (1.3)*

12.1 (1.4)*

6.0 (1.1)*

  High Income

47.4 (2.3)*

52.4 (2.3)*

52.1 (2.2)*

12.1 (1.4)*

9.8 (1.3)*

7.9 (1.2)*

High Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

37.4 (2.9)*

47.3 (2.7)*

40.1 (2.6)*

4.4 (1.2)*

15.7 (1.8)*

7.8 (1.3)*

  Med Income

36.7 (2.1)*

47.2 (2.2)*

44.9 (2.2)*

7.7 (1.1)*

13.8 (1.5)*

8.1 (1.2)*

  High Income

41.4 (2.1)*

45.2 (2.0)*

42.0 (2.1)

8.2 (1.2)*

14.8 (1.4)*

8.3 (1.1)*

Leisure PA (proportion of sample reporting zero)

Low Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

 

94.7 (0.9)*

98.5 (0.5)*

 

99.0 (0.4)

99.1 (0.4

  Med Income

 

94.5 (1.1)*

98.0 (0.6)*

 

97.1 (0.8)

99.0 (0.4)

  High Income

 

91.4 (1.5)*

95.3 (1.0)*

 

98.9 (0.5)

97.1 (0.8)

Med Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

 

91.4 (1.3)

93.9 (1.1)

 

97.3 (0.7)

94.3 (1.0)

  Med Income

 

87.5 (1.5)

90.5 (1.3)

 

93.3 (1.0)*

91.9 (1.2)*

  High Income

 

85.3 (1.6)

85.5 (1.5)

 

94.9 (1.0)*

91.5 (1.2)*

High Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

 

84.7 (2.0)

88.3 (1.7)

 

92.5 (1.3)*

88.7 (1.5)*

  Med Income

 

80.0 (1.8)*

78.9 (1.8)*

 

88.7 (1.4)*

81.4 (1.7)*

  High Income

 

77.3 (1.7)*

74.4 (1.8)*

 

88.1 (1.3)*

79.9 (1.6)*

Active Commuting PA (proportion of sample reporting zero)

Low Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

 

44.1 (1.9)*

43.3 (2.0)*

 

48.9 (1.9)*

50.5 (2.0)*

  Med Income

 

34.9 (2.2)*

49.9 (2.2)*

 

35.6 (2.2)*

50.0 (2.2)*

  High Income

 

37.3 (2.5)*

54.7 (2.4)*

 

32.5 (2.4)*

55.5 (2.5)*

Med Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

 

54.0 (2.3)*

62.6 (2.2)*

 

53.3 (2.3)*

63.4 (2.0)*

  Med Income

 

42.6 (2.2)*

56.8 (2.2)*

 

39.8 (2.0)*

57.3 (2.2)*

  High Income

 

43.7 (2.3)*

60.4 (2.2)*

 

42.7 (2.1)*

56.4 (2.2)*

High Urbanicity

     

  Low Income

 

42.5 (2.7)*

73.1 (2.4)*

 

42.1 (2.5)*

85.5 (1.7)*

  Med Income

 

41.9 (2.2)*

63.3 (2.1)*

 

36.1 (2.1)*

74.2 (1.9)*

  High Income

 

39.5 (2.0)*

61.7 (2.0)*

 

31.9 (1.8)*

67.4 (1.9)*

  1. aCells represent percent (standard error)
  2. bUrbanicity separated into year-specific tertiles (low, medium, and high urbanicity). Household income is separated into year-specific tertiles (low, medium, and high urbanicity)
  3. *Statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) in the proportion of individuals reporting zero PA at a specific income or urbanicity level using a Chi-Squared test
  4. Abbreviations: PA, physical activity
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