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Table 1 Prevalence of reported change in the amount of physical activity done during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adults by demographic characteristics, SummerStyles, 2020a

From: Cross-sectional study of changes in physical activity behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adults

Characteristic

Sample Size

Change in physical activity (PA)

 

Prevalence

Unweighted

Weighted

More active

Less active

No change

Do not do PA

N

% (SE)

% (SE)

% (SE)

% (SE)

 

Total

3829

100 (−-)

20.3 (0.8)

30.4 (0.9)

42.7 (1.0)

6.6 (0.5)

Sex

 Male

1942

48.6 (1.0)

17.0 (1.1)x

30.2 (1.3)

47.3 (1.4)x

5.5 (0.7)x

 Female

1887

51.4 (1.0)

23.4 (1.2)y

30.6 (1.3)

38.3 (1.3)y

7.6 (0.8)y

Age group (years)

 18–44

1267

45.1 (1.0)

24.9 (1.5)x

32.6 (1.6)

36.8 (1.7)

5.6 (0.9)x

 45–64

1562

33.5 (0.9)

19.3 (1.1)y

29.4 (1.3)

44.9 (1.4)

6.5 (0.8)y

 65+

1000

21.4 (0.7)

12.0 (1.1)z

27.3 (1.5)

51.8 (1.7)

8.9 (1.1)z

Race/Ethnicity

 White, non-Hispanic

2831

64.3 (1.0)

21.2 (1.0)x

26.5 (1.0)x

46.6 (1.1)x

5.7 (0.5)

 Black, non-Hispanic

301

11.4 (0.7)

14.8 (2.2)y

38.0 (3.2)y

39.4 (3.1)x

7.8 (1.8)

 Hispanic

386

15.8 (0.8)

17.4 (2.2)x, y

34.6 (2.8)y

38.6 (2.9)x

9.5 (1.8)

 Other, non-Hispanicb

311

8.5 (0.6)

26.0 (3.2)x

41.9 (3.6)y

25.2 (3.0)y

7.0 (2.0)

Weight statusc

 Underweight / normal

1261

35.6 (1.0)

23.3 (1.5)x

29.4 (1.6)

41.9 (1.7)

5.4 (0.9)x

 Overweight

1306

32.3 (0.9)

21.0 (1.4)x

29.9 (1.6)

44.6 (1.7)

4.6 (0.7)x

 Obesity

1262

32.0 (0.9)

16.2 (1.3)y

32.1 (1.6)

41.7 (1.6)

10.0 (1.1)y

Education level

 ≤ High school diploma

1187

37.8 (1.0)

12.7 (1.2)x

25.2 (1.6)x

50.9 (1.8)x

11.2 (1.1)x

 Some college

1061

27.8 (0.9)

19.8 (1.6)y

31.8 (1.9)y

43.3 (1.9)y

5.0 (0.8)y

 College graduate

1581

34.4 (0.9)

28.9 (1.4)z

34.9 (1.4)y

33.3 (1.3)z

2.9 (0.5)z

Aerobic physical activity guidelined

 Does not meet

1707

46.2 (0.8)

12.3 (1.0)x

31.3 (1.4)

44.0 (1.5)

12.4 (1.0)x

 Meets

2122

53.8 (1.0)

27.1 (1.2)y

29.6 (1.2)

41.6 (1.3)

1.6 (0.4)y

Region

 Midwest

701

17.7 (0.7)

25.2 (2.1)x

32.3 (2.2)

37.7 (2.2)x

4.8 (1.0)

 Northeast

854

20.7 (0.8)

18.6 (1.6)x, y

31.4 (2.0)

43.5 (2.1)x, y

6.5 (1.1)

 South

1369

38.0 (1.0)

17.8 (1.3)y

27.6 (1.5)

46.9 (1.6)y

7.7 (0.9)

 West

905

23.5 (0.8)

22.0 (1.8)x, y

32.5 (1.9)

39.1 (2.0)x

6.4 (1.1)

Residence

 Rural

527

14.3 (0.7)

16.2 (2.2)x

20.4 (2.1)x

56.9 (2.8)x

6.4 (1.5)

 Urban

3302

85.7 (0.7)

20.9 (0.9)y

32.1 (1.0)y

40.4 (1.0)y

6.6 (0.6)

  1. aWald Chi-square test of independence between Region and change in physical activity was P = 0.002; all remaining tests were P < 0.001
  2. bOther race includes: American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and multi-racial
  3. cUnderweight / normal, overweight, and obesity classifications are based on the body mass index, which is weight (kg) / height (m)2. Underweight / normal: < 25.0; overweight: 25.0 -- 29.9; and obesity: > 30.0
  4. dParticipant meets the aerobic component of the physical activity guideline, per self-reported usual week, when they engage in moderate intensity ≥150 min/week, vigorous intensity ≥75 min/week, or an equivalent combination
  5. x, y, zAcross categories of a given characteristic, values in a column that share a letter are not significantly different from each other; values that do not have a superscript are not significantly different