Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of those evaluated, grouped according to sitting time
From: Socio-demographic, clinical and health behavior correlates of sitting time in older adults
Total (n = 3,296) | G1 (n = 2,464) | G2 (n = 832) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | n | % | n | % | n | % | p-value* |
Sex | 0.036 | ||||||
Male | 1,270 | 38.5 | 924 | 37.5 | 346 | 41.6 | |
Female | 2,026 | 61.5 | 1,540 | 62.5 | 486 | 58.4 | |
Age | 0.000 | ||||||
60-69 years | 1,735 | 52.7 | 1,345 | 54.6 | 390 | 46.9 | |
70-79 years | 1,174 | 35.6 | 863 | 35.0 | 311 | 37.4 | |
≥80 years | 387 | 11.7 | 256 | 10.4 | 131 | 15.7 | |
Schooling | 0.009 | ||||||
Schooled | 2,343 | 71.1 | 1,781 | 72.3 | 562 | 67.5 | |
Unschooled | 953 | 28.9 | 683 | 27.7 | 270 | 32.5 | |
Monthly household income | 0.394 | ||||||
< $308.18 | 568 | 17.2 | 416 | 16.9 | 152 | 18.3 | |
≥ $308.18 and ≤ $924.54 | 2,339 | 71.0 | 1,764 | 71.6 | 575 | 69.1 | |
> $924.54 | 389 | 11.8 | 284 | 11.5 | 105 | 12.6 | |
Living arrangements | 0.139 | ||||||
Living alone | 269 | 8.2 | 191 | 7.8 | 78 | 9.4 | |
Living with other | 3,027 | 91.8 | 2,273 | 92.2 | 754 | 90.6 | |