Adherence to physical activity recommendations and the influence of socio-demographic correlates – a population-based cross-sectional study

Table 2 The sample characteristics and distribution of physical activity by the IPAQ physical activity categories

	N	%	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	p^b
Gender						< 0.001
Women	777	52.9	38.5	42.3	19.1
Men	693	47.1	35.5	31.0	33.5
Age						< 0.001
18–34	395	26.9	29.8	37.6	32.6
35–54	566	38.5	36.5	40.4	23.1
55–74	509	34.6	43.6	32.5	23.9
BMI
< 25.0	819	55.7	33.8	39.6	26.6	< 0.001
25.0–29.9	508	34.6	37.5	34.6	27.9
≥ 30.0	118	8.0	58.9	29.5	11.6
Education						< 0.001
College/university	443	30.1	38.9	42.1	19.0
High school	632	43.0	32.0	38.3	29.7
Other	77	5.2	35.2	35.2	29.6
Basic school	318	21.6	45.4	26.8	27.8
Employment status						< 0.001
Employed	880	59.9	34.3	39.4	26.4
Student	126	8.6	25.4	43.4	31.1
Retired	245	16.7	49.8	29.3	21.0
Unemployed/unknown	219	14.9	41.5	31.5	27.0
Income (SEK per year)						0.473
< 100,000	238	16.2	34.1	36.3	29.6
100,000–200,000	436	27.7	40.4	35.8	23.8
200,000–300,000	506	34.4	34.1	38.4	27.5
> 300,000	226	15.4	36.5	37.9	25.6
Residential community size						0.010
Village	384	26.1	31.2	36.9	32.0
Small town	355	24.1	35.1	38.4	26.4
Medium-size town	291	19.8	38.6	35.0	26.4
Large town	381	25.9	41.5	38.5	20.1
Marital status						0.110
Single	420	28.6	33.8	36.6	29.6
Married/Partner	1046	71.2	38.4	37.1	24.5
Smoking status						0.349
Never smoked	765	52.0	34.9	38.1	27.0
Former smoker	398	27.1	40.7	33.6	25.3
Current smoker	293	19.9	37.1	38.6	24.3
Self-perceived health						< 0.001
Excellent	272	18.5	23.2	36.9	39.9
Very good	399	27.1	31.7	40.5	27.8
Good	478	32.5	40.3	38.6	21.1
Satisfactory or poor	309	21.0	51.8	28.8	19.4
Total	1470^a	100^a	37.1	36.9	26.0

^a Total numbers may not be equal to 1470 and 100% due to missing data in a few variables.
^b p for the differences between groups as calculated by chi-square test.

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