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Table 1 Participant Characteristics

From: Challenges and motivators to physical activity faced by retired men when ageing: a qualitative study

 

Age

Living with

Comments

Housing

Activity group [25]

A.

83

Alone

Wife in nursing home

Terraced house

Gr. 1 Exercising/NEPAa

B.

82

With wife

Wife retired

Apartment

Gr. 2 Exercising/No NEPA

C.

66

Alone

Wife in nursing home

Apartment

Gr. 3 NEPA/ No exercising

D.

80

Alone

Wife deceased

Apartment

Gr. 3 NEPA/ No exercising

E.

81

Alone

Divorced

Semi-detached house

Gr. 3 NEPA/ No exercising

F.

79

With wife

Wife still working

House

Gr. 1 Exercising/NEPA

G.

71

With wife

Wife retired

House

Gr. 1 Exercising/NEPA

H.

73

With wife

Wife with dementia at home

House

Gr. 3 NEPA/No exercising

I.

73

With wife

Wife still working

Apartment

Gr. 4 No Exercising/No NEPA

  1. aNEPA Non-Exercise Physical Activity