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Table 2 Crude prevalence of sporting inactivity among adults in Germany aged 25–69 years by survey year

From: Changing educational inequalities in sporting inactivity among adults in Germany: a trend study from 2003 to 2012

 

2003

2009

2010

2012

p-trend

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Total:

 Low education

47.9 (45.3–50.4)

46.5 (44.5–48.5)

48.6 (46.6–50.6)

48.4 (45.8–51.1)

0.839

 Medium education

37.5 (35.5–39.5)

32.4 (31.1–33.8)

33.2 (31.9–34.5)

30.2 (28.9–31.6)

<0.001

 High education

25.1 (22.9–27.5)

20.2 (18.9–21.5)

20.0 (18.8–21.3)

16.6 (15.3–17.9)

<0.001

 Total

39.4 (38.0–40.8)

35.1 (34.1–36.1)

35.9 (34.9–36.8)

32.7 (31.6–33.8)

<0.001

Men:

 Low education

48.7 (45.1–52.4)

47.9 (45.0–50.8)

49.6 (46.7–52.5)

49.8 (46.1–53.4)

0.740

 Medium education

38.9 (35.8–42.1)

33.8 (31.7–36.0)

35.5 (33.4–37.7)

32.3 (30.2–34.4)

0.001

 High education

24.7 (21.8–27.8)

20.4 (18.6–22.4)

19.8 (18.1–21.5)

15.8 (14.2–17.5)

<0.001

 Total

39.9 (37.9–42.0)

36.1 (34.6–37.7)

37.1 (35.6–38.5)

33.9 (32.4–35.6)

<0.001

Women:

 Low education

47.0 (43.4–50.6)

45.0 (42.2–47.7)

47.5 (44.8–50.2)

46.9 (43.0–50.8)

0.930

 Medium education

36.3 (33.8–38.8)

31.3 (29.7–32.9)

31.2 (29.7–32.8)

28.4 (26.6–30.3)

<0.001

 High education

25.8 (22.3–29.7)

19.9 (18.2–21.7)

20.4 (18.7–22.2)

17.5 (15.5–19.6)

<0.001

 Total

38.8 (36.9–40.8)

34.0 (32.8–35.3)

34.7 (33.4–35.9)

31.5 (29.9–33.1)

<0.001