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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of sample socio-demographic and accelerometer wear-time

From: Do associations between objectively-assessed physical activity and neighbourhood environment attributes vary by time of the day and day of the week? IPEN adult study

 

ALL CITIES

BEL

BRA

COL

CZE

DEN

HK

MEX

NZ

UK

USA

Socio-demographics

City A

City B

City C

City D

City E

City F

N with ≥1 day valid PA data

6,712

1,040

331

107

252

273

257

625

426

448

463

425

147

1,213

705

Age, years

Mean (SD)

43 (12)

43 (13)

42 (13)

44 (11)

37 (14)

40 (14)

43 (13)

42 (13)

42 (12)

42 (12)

40 (13)

42 (12)

43 (13)

44 (11)

47 (10)

Gender, %men

46.2

48.1

48.0

30.8

34.5

39.2

42.8

44.3

35.9

40.0

48.2

45.4

50.3

55.2

47.8

Education, %

Less than HS

11.0

4.4

27.2

51.4

21.4

7.3

35.8

45.1

2.6

4.5

0.7

10.1

38.8

1.3

2.0

HS graduate

39.6

33.0

32.3

36.5

45.6

42.5

25.3

27.4

58.2

64.5

46.2

56.7

46.9

35.2

31.1

College or more

48.4

62.6

40.5

12.2

32.9

50.2

38.9

27.5

39.2

31.0

53.1

33.2

14.3

63.6

66.9

Employment status, %employed - all

79.2

80.8

79.8

64.5

76.2

75.5

63.0

72.2

78.2

84.6

87.0

82.4

61.9

81.5

83.5

- among men

85.5

85.0

88.7

90.9

85.1

75.7

75.5

88.8

86.3

88.3

88.3

84.5

67.6

87.1

85.5

- among women

73.8

76.9

71.5

52.7

71.5

75.3

53.7

58.9

73.6

82.2

85.8

80.6

56.2

74.5

81.8

Marital status, %couple

64.6

73.7

59.2

64.5

58.7

69.2

56.4

65.3

72.7

75.0

56.8

55.8

44.2

63.8

61.1

Accelerometer wear-time variables

              

Valid weekdays

Mean (SD)

4.7 (1.1)

4.9 (0.9)

4.9 (1.1)

5.0 (0.8)

4.2 (1.3)

5.1 (0.7)

4.1 (1.1)

4.2 (0.9)

4.3 (1.3)

4.4 (1.2)

4.5 (1.1)

4.5 (1.3)

4.5 (1.2)

5.0 (0.9)

5.1 (1.0)

Valid weekend days

Mean (SD)

1.9 (0.5)

1.9 (0.4)

1.9 (0.5)

1.8 (0.6)

1.7 (0.5)

1.9 (0.3)

1.8 (0.5)

1.8 (0.6)

1.8 (0.6)

1.9 (0.7)

2.1 (0.7)

1.9 (0.6)

1.8 (0.4)

1.9 (0.4)

1.9 (0.5)

Valid hours / day

Mean (SD)

14.3 (1.5)

14.7 (1.3)

13.7 (1.3)

13.8 (1.3)

13.6 (1.6)

14.9 (1.2)

14.3 (1.5)

13.9 (1.4)

14.0 (1.3)

14.0 (1.4)

13.9 (1.3)

13.8 (1.4)

14.3 (1.5)

14.5 (1.5)

14.6 (1.6)

  1. Notes: City A: North Shore, B: Waitakere, C: Wellington, D: Christchurch, E: Seattle, F: Baltimore; HS High school, MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range; valid days of accelerometer wear are those with 10+ valid hours of wear