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Table 1 Participant characteristics one month before pregnancy

From: Parenthood and factors that influence outdoor recreational physical activity from a gender perspective

 

Men with children

Men without children

All men

Women with children

Women without children

All women

Variables (%)

n = 113

(%)

n = 95

(%)

n = 208

(%)

n = 121

(%)

n = 103

(%)

n = 224

(%)

Mean age

34

31

32

31

28

30

Cohabiting1

102 (99)

94 (99)

206 (99)

119 (98)

102 (99)

221 (99)

Lower education2

49 (43)

40 (42)

89 (43)

55 (45)

42 (41)

97 (43)

Higher education3

64 (57)

55 (58)

119 (57)

66 (55)

61 (59)

127 (57)

Personal financial situation4

100 (89)

83 (87)

183 (88)

102 (84)

88 (85)

190 (85)

Living in the countryside5

49 (43)

24 (25)

73 (35)

52 (43)

27 (26)

79 (35)

Living in a town6

64 (57)

71 (75)

135 (65)

69 (57)

76 (74)

145 (65)

Owning a dog or a horse

31 (27)

17 (18)

48 (23)

32 (26)

20 (19)

52 (23)

Being a smoker7

22 (20)

18 (19)

40 (19)

16 (13)

27 (26)

43 (19)

Using snuff8

43 (38)

34 (36)

77 (37)

2 (2)

3 (3)

5 (2)

Drinking alcohol9

80 (70)

79 (83)

159 (77)

65 (51)

66 (64)

128 (57)

Drinking no alcohol

33 (30)

16 (17)

49 (23)

59 (49)

37 (36)

96 (43)

  1. 1married/living with a partner
  2. 2completion of nine-year compulsory school, senior high-school
  3. 3completion of university education
  4. 4able to cover an unexpected cost of 14 000 Swedish crowns (approximately 1400 Euros) within one week
  5. 5a small village in the countryside with mainly single-family houses
  6. 6a densely built-up area, in a quarter of a town or in a suburb
  7. 7smokes regularly/sometimes
  8. 8using snuff (a Swedish smokeless tobacco) regularly/sometimes
  9. 9drinking 1-9 glasses/week