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Table 2 Prevalence of reported reasons for doing less physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adults, SummerStyles, 2020a

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

Characteristics

Sample Size (unweighted)

Reasons for less physical activity (n = 1136)

Worked extra hours

Taking care of others (i.e., children)

Not have the right equipment

Not enough space

Unable to do preferred activity alone

Concerned about virus exposure

Other reason

 

n

% (SE)

% (SE)

% (SE)

% (SE)

% (SE)

% (SE)

% (SE)

Total

1136

10.0 (1.1)

12.5 (1.2)

30.7 (1.7)

19.2 (1.5)

12.7 (1.2)

38.8 (1.7)

32.2 (1.7)

Sex

 Male

562

9.0 (1.3)

8.0 (1.3)x

36.1 (2.5)x

21.8 (2.2)

11.6 (1.8)

37.9 (2.5)

33.6 (2.7)

 Female

574

11.0 (1.7)

16.6 (1.9)y

25.6 (2.3)y

16.7 (2.0)

13.7 (1.7)

39.6 (2.4)

31.0 (2.3)

Age group (years)

 18–44

403

12.9 (1.9)L

16.9 (2.1)L

38.0 (3.0)L

25.1 (2.6)L

14.1 (2.1)

33.9 (2.8)L

30.7 (3.0)

 45–64

459

11.1 (1.6)

10.2 (1.7)

26.2 (2.3)

15.8 (1.9)

11.4 (1.8)

41.8 (2.6)

32.1 (2.4)

 65+

274

0.9 (0.6)

5.1 (1.6)

19.7 (2.5)

9.9 (2.1)

11.2 (2.2)

45.9 (3.3)

36.2 (3.1)

Race/Ethnicity

 White, non-Hispanic

772

11.3 (1.4)

12.5 (1.4)

29.2 (2.0)

17.2 (1.7)

12.8 (1.5)

34.6 (2.0)

37.0 (2.1)

 Black, non-Hispanic

107

9.4 (3.5)

11.8 (3.8)

29.7 (5.1)

22.7 (5.1)

7.2 (2.6)

41.6 (5.3)

27.0 (5.0)

 Hispanic

131

8.6 (2.7)

12.3 (3.2)

32.5 (4.8)

17.0 (3.6)

10.7 (3.0)

43.4 (4.9)

29.8 (5.0)

 Other, non-Hispanicb

126

6.8 (2.4)

13.6 (3.6)

35.8 (5.4)

27.5 (4.9)

21.5 (5.0)

48.4 (5.6)

19.5 (4.6)

Weight statusc

 Underweight/normal

358

9.0 (1.8)

14.8 (2.3)

35.3 (3.2)L

22.3 (2.8)

16.6 (2.6)L

37.7 (3.1)

33.7 (3.1)

 Overweight

372

8.5 (1.6)

10.7 (2.0)

31.1 (3.1)

17.1 (2.5)

10.9 (1.9)

37.0 (3.0)

34.0 (3.3)

 Obesity

406

12.5 (2.1)

11.7 (1.8)

25.5 (2.5)

17.9 (2.4)

10.3 (1.8)

41.6 (2.9)

29.1 (2.6)

Education level

 ≤ High school diploma

283

5.4 (1.8)L

10.5 (2.2)L

18.9 (2.8)L

15.6 (2.6)

9.8 (2.2)

39.6 (3.4)

30.8 (3.4)

 Some college

310

7.6 (1.9)

9.5 (2.0)

30.4 (3.6)

19.2 (3.1)

12.4 (2.6)

42.1 (3.6)

34.4 (3.7)

 College graduate

543

15.4 (1.8)

16.3 (1.9)

40.1 (2.4)

22.0 (2.2)

15.1 (1.8)

35.6 (2.3)

31.8 (2.2)

Aerobic physical activity guidelined

 Did not meet

530

9.0 (1.5)

12.5 (1.8)

20.4 (2.2)x

15.5 (1.9)x

13.2 (1.9)

42.1 (2.6)

35.3 (2.6)

 Met guideline

606

10.9 (1.6)

12.4 (1.6)

40.0 (2.5)y

22.5 (2.2)y

12.2 (1.6)

35.7 (2.3)

29.4 (2.3)

Region

 Midwest

226

8.3 (2.1)

11.9 (2.6)

31.1 (4.0)

21.1 (3.5)

11.7 (2.8)

36.1 (3.7)

37.7 (4.0)

 Northeast

254

12.1 (2.5)

10.9 (2.3)

27.5 (3.5)

16.9 (3.1)

11.5 (2.2)

34.4 (3.6)

36.0 (3.8)

 South

360

12.3 (2.2)

13.4 (2.2)

28.0 (2.7)

17.3 (2.6)

11.7 (2.2)

39.7 (3.1)

30.0 (3.0)

 West

296

6.3 (1.6)

13.0 (2.4)

36.6 (3.6)

22.3 (3.0)

15.7 (2.7)

43.3 (3.5)

28.2 (3.3)

Residence

 Rural

119

11.3 (3.1)

12.2 (3.7)

16.9 (3.8)x

11.4 (3.1)x

7.1 (2.5)x

43.4 (5.5)

42.0 (5.8)

 Urban

1017

9.9 (1.1)

12.5 (1.3)

32.1 (1.8)y

20.0 (1.6)y

13.2 (1.4)y

38.3 (1.8)

31.2 (1.8)

  1. aSignificant pairwise differences and trends (all P < 0.001 unless otherwise noted): taking care of others (education trend P = 0.05), not the right equipment (male vs. female P = 0.002; weight status trend P = 0.02; rural vs. urban P = 0.01), not enough space (meet vs. not meet guideline P = 0.02; rural vs. urban P = 0.01), unable to do preferred activity alone (weight status trend P = 0.05; rural vs. urban P = 0.03), concern about virus (age trend P = 0.005)
  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, yWithin categories of a given characteristic, values in a column that share a letter are not significantly different from each other
  6. LFor ordinal variables, linear trends across the categories were assessed; Superscript (L) indicates a positive or negative linear trend
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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