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Table 4 Absolute educational inequalities in 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

Total:

 PDa (95% CI)

  Low education

23.1 (19.4–26.9)

26.9 (24.4–29.4)

28.3 (25.9–30.8)

32.2 (29.0–35.5)

<0.001

  Medium education

12.5 (9.2–15.8)

12.8 (10.9–14.7)

13.7 (11.9–15.5)

14.4 (12.5–16.4)

0.225

  High education (ref.)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

 SIIb (95% CI)

0.30 (0.25–0.35)

0.34 (0.31–0.38)

0.38 (0.34–0.41)

0.41 (0.37–0.45)

0.001

Men:

 PDa (95% CI)

  Low education

22.9 (17.9–28.0)

26.4 (22.8–30.1)

29.0 (25.4–32.5)

33.6 (29.3–37.9)

0.001

  Medium education

15.6 (10.9–20.3)

15.1 (12.1–18.1)

17.6 (14.8–20.5)

17.8 (15.0–20.6)

0.299

  High education (ref.)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

 SIIc (95% CI)

0.30 (0.23–0.38)

0.36 (0.30–0.41)

0.39 (0.34–0.44)

0.44 (0.39–0.49)

0.004

Women:

 PDa (95% CI)

  Low education

23.2 (17.5–28.9)

27.3 (23.8–30.8)

27.7 (24.3–31.1)

30.7 (25.8–35.6)

0.041

  Medium education

10.3 (5.4–15.1)

11.6 (9.1–14.0)

11.2 (8.9–13.6)

11.4 (8.7–14.2)

0.637

  High education (ref.)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

 SIIc (95% CI)

0.29 (0.22–0.37)

0.33 (0.29–0.38)

0.36 (0.32–0.41)

0.37 (0.32–0.43)

0.077

  1. PD prevalence difference (in percentage points), SII Slope Index of Inequality; ref., reference group
  2. astandardised to the European Standard Population 2013, by age (and sex) [see also the Statistical methods subsection of the Methods section]
  3. bAdjusted for age, sex, age × sex
  4. cAdjusted for age