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Table 4 Binary logistic regression predicting independent factors significantly associated with the probability of participating in outdoor recreational physical activity

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

 

Men with children

  

Men without children

  

All men

  

All women

  

Factors

OR

CI (95%)

p

OR

CI (95%)

p

OR

CI (95%)

p

OR

CI (95%)

p

Higher education level

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

4.211

1.316-13.473

0.015

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

Dog or horse ownership

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

3.419

1.167-10.019

0.025

24.523

3.220-186.778

0.002

Permissive family situation*

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

3.084

1.206-7.884

0.019

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

Dog or horse ownership and physical reasons†

5.214

1.123-6.897

0.001

13.583

2.964-62.240

0.001

5.570

2.405-12.904

0.001

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

Dog or horse ownership and indoor activities‡

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

13.585

3.327-55.476

0.001

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

Dog or horse ownership and economy#

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

2.705

1.021-7.168

0.045

Indoor activities¶

2.783

1.430-9.967

0.027

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

4.047

1.929-8.488

0.001

  1. *Having a family situation that allowed participation in outdoor recreational physical activity
  2. †Interaction variable measuring dog or horse ownership and participation in outdoor recreational physical activity for physical reasons
  3. ‡ Interaction variable measuring dog or horse ownership and participation in physical activity indoors
  4. # Interaction variable measuring dog or horse ownership and ability to cover an unexpected cost
  5. ¶Participation in physical activity indoors
  6. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; n.s., not significant