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Table 3 Agreement with context preferences stratified by gender and gender differences in the likelihood to agree

From: Gender differences in physical activity motivators and context preferences: a population-based study in people in their sixties

 

Agree (%)a

Disagree (%)a

OR 95%CI for women compared to menb

Format

 Little or no cost

  Women

80

8

1.30 (.81–2.08)

  Men

73

9

1.00

 Are not just about exercise

  Women

63

14

1.13 (.77–1.68)

  Men

55

15

1.00

 Have a set routine or format

  Women

52

23

.79 (.56–1.10)

  Men

50

19

1.00

 Done at a fixed time

  Women

44

35

1.42 (1.06–1.91)

  Men

32

41

1.00

 Require skill and practice

  Women

23

47

.40 (.29–.55)

  Men

34

1

1.00

 Are vigorous

  Women

24

51

.33 (.24–.47)

  Men

36

30

1.00

 Involve competition

  Women

12

73

.32 (.22–.46)

  Men

22

52

1.00

Location

 Close to home

  Women

87

4

1.45 (.78–2.68)

  Men

78

5

1.00

 Done outdoors

  Women

62

10

.51 (.30–.86)

  Men

72

5

1.00

Social setting

 Can do on my own

  Women

68

12

.64 (.41–1.00)

  Men

77

8

1.00

 Done with people my age

  Women

58

18

2.00 (1.43–2.78)

  Men

42

25

1.00

 Done with people my own sex

  Women

33

31

4.67 (3.14–6.94)

  Men

11

43

1.00

 Involve supervision

  Women

26

48

2.79 (1.94–4.02)

  Men

12

63

1.00

 Are team-based

  Women

11

63

.71 (.46–1.09)

  Men

12

60

1.00

  1. OR 95%CI Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval
  2. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < .05)
  3. a Row percentages do not add up to 100%, as percentages for ‘No preference’ are not reported
  4. b Results from multilevel multinomial logistic regression: Odds ratio for ‘agreement’ versus ‘disagreement’(not taking people who responded ‘no preference’ into account), adjusted for age, education, employment status, income, living arrangements, self-rated health, body mass index, psychological distress and physical activity level