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Table 3 Prevalence (%) of good self-rated health by level of exercise and total physical activity and the independent variables.

From: Physical activity, exercise and self-rated health: a population-based study from Sweden

Variable

Level

Exercise

Total physical activitya(hours/week)

  

Total

None

Occasionally

Regularly

≤ 2

3–5

≥ 6

Total

 

78.5

66.0

76.4

81.6

66.4

79.2

81.0

Gender

Women

77.6

66.0

75.4

80.2

64.1

79.2

79.9

 

Men

79.4

66.1

77.2

83.3

68.5

79.1

82.1

Age

25–34 years

85.8

69.6

83.9

89.4

76.3

86.2

87.6

 

35–44 years

81.4

71.1

79.8

84.4

69.6

80.1

84.9

 

45–54 years

76.1

68.0

72.4

79.2

61.5

79.8

77.7

 

55–64 years

68.7

49.3

68.8

71.5

56.7

68.6

71.7

Country of birth

Swedish-born

80.0

70.0

77.7

82.7

68.9

81.2

82.0

 

Foreign-born

67.0

48.0

68.1

72.3

53.4

65.6

72.7

Educational status

High (≥ 10 years)

81.1

69.9

78.5

84.1

69.6

81.3

83.5

 

Low (<10 years)

65.1

51.7

66.8

67.6

54.1

66.2

68.0

Smoking habits

Never smoker

82.8

71.6

79.0

86.0

70.8

82.4

85.7

 

Former smoker

77.9

63.1

78.3

79.8

70.2

78.5

79.3

 

Daily smoker

69.7

61.7

69.6

72.5

54.9

72.4

73.0

BMI b

Normal (<25)

83.1

72.5

79.8

85.9

68.1

84.4

85.4

 

Overweight (25–29.9)

76.2

66.2

75.3

78.7

71.4

75.0

78.0

 

Obese (≥ 30)

59.7

46.2

64.5

61.4

50.0

59.2

64.1

Employment status

Employed

82.5

73.0

80.0

82.2

72.4

82.6

84.6

 

Nonemployed

59.9

41.8

60.2

64.1

46.9

64.3

62.4

Marital status

Married/cohabiting

80.5

70.8

79.1

82.8

70.4

79.5

83.3

 

Living alone

72.4

52.8

68.5

78.0

54.7

78.2

74.5

Housing tenure

Ownership

80.1

72.5

77.6

82.6

69.6

79.3

82.8

 

No ownership

74.8

54.2

73.5

79.6

60.2

78.9

77.1

  1. n = 3756, Sweden, 1999.
  2. aobtained in all domains.
  3. bbody mass index.