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Table 1 Probabilities of spending ≥150 min/week in moderate-to-vigorous physical activities amongst 29,039 US adults aged ≥20 years

From: Education-related disparities in reported physical activity during leisure-time, active transportation, and work among US adults: repeated cross-sectional analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2007 to 2016

Physical activity domain, education group

All

Age group

Gender

Race/ethnicity

20–39

40–59

≥60

Men

Women

White

Hispanic

Black

% (SE)

%a (SE)

%a (SE)

%a (SE)

%a (SE)

%a (SE)

%a (SE)

%a (SE)

%a (SE)

Leisure-time

  < 11th grade

18.4 (0.8)

26.5 (1.4)

15.4 (1.1)

10.9 (0.8)

22.1 (1.0)

14.9 (1.0)

17.2 (1.2)

20.8 (1.0)

19.1 (1.1)

 High school

29.7 (0.9)

37.4 (1.3)

28.2 (1.4)

21.1 (1.4)

34.3 (1.1)

25.5 (1.1)

30.6 (1.2)

28.6 (1.4)

28.3 (1.3)

 Some college

36.7 (0.9)

48.4 (1.3)

31.4 (1.4)

28.0 (1.3)

41.5 (1.1)

32.3 (1.1)

37.7 (1.1)

34.9 (1.5)

35.0 (1.1)

 College graduate or higher

51.9 (1.0)

60.8 (1.3)

50.9 (1.4)

40.6 (1.6)

55.4 (1.1)

48.6 (1.4)

55.3 (1.2)

44.6 (2.1)

46.0 (1.6)

 P education x year

0.908

        

 P education x demographic group

 

0.016

  

0.253

 

0.002

  

 P education x demographic group x year

 

0.341

  

0.384

 

0.535

  

Active transportation

  < 11th grade

16.4 (0.9)

19.7 (1.3)

17.6 (1.4)

9.6 (0.7)

18.4 (1.1)

14.5 (1.0)

14.7 (1.2)

18.3 (1.4)

19.3 (1.3)

 High school

10.9 (0.7)

13.0 (1.0)

11.1 (0.9)

7.5 (0.8)

12.8 (0.8)

9.2 (0.8)

9.1 (0.8)

11.5 (1.2)

16.2 (1.1)

 Some college

13.2 (0.7)

17.2 (1.3)

11.0 (0.8)

10.4 (0.9)

15.5 (0.8)

11.0 (0.8)

12.4 (0.9)

15.4 (1.0)

13.8 (1.1)

 College graduate or higher

12.7 (0.8)

16.5 (1.4)

10.9 (0.8)

10.0 (1.1)

14.3 (0.8)

11.2 (0.9)

13.4 (1.0)

11.5 (1.3)

9.6 (0.9)

 P education x year

0.111

        

 P education x demographic group

 

0.006

  

0.737

 

< 0.001

  

 P education x demographic group x year

 

0.103

  

0.168

 

0.334

  

Work

  < 11th grade

36.9 (1.0)

47.3 (1.7)

39.3 (1.5)

19.0 (1.1)

46.0 (1.4)

28.3 (1.3)

41.5 (1.4)

31.1 (1.1)

29.0 (1.3)

 High school

41.0 (1.0)

48.7 (1.5)

43.5 (1.5)

26.6 (1.7)

51.3 (1.1)

31.4 (1.3)

44.6 (1.3)

35.5 (1.5)

34.5 (1.4)

 Some college

40.6 (0.8)

48.1 (1.1)

41.2 (1.4)

29.3 (1.3)

49.2 (1.1)

32.6 (0.9)

43.2 (1.0)

37.0 (1.5)

35.0 (1.3)

 College graduate or higher

26.5 (0.8)

28.2 (1.4)

25.2 (1.1)

26.0 (1.6)

28.1 (1.5)

25.1 (0.9)

27.9 (1.1)

26.2 (1.9)

24.8 (1.5)

 P education x year

0.519

        

 P education x demographic group

 

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 

0.021

  

 P education x demographic group x year

 

0.951

  

0.633

 

0.497

  

Overall (total) MVPA

  < 11th grade

54.7 (1.0)

67.4 (1.4)

56.8 (1.5)

33.8 (1.3)

63.1 (1.1)

47.0 (1.4)

56.0 (1.4)

53.0 (1.4)

50.3 (1.5)

 High school

60.3 (0.9)

70.4 (1.2)

61.5 (1.5)

44.3 (1.6)

69.9 (0.9)

51.5 (1.4)

62.6 (1.1)

55.7 (1.8)

55.6 (1.2)

 Some college

65.1 (0.8)

75.4 (1.1)

63.4 (1.3)

52.8 (1.4)

72.8 (1.0)

58.0 (1.1)

66.6 (1.0)

62.8 (1.5)

60.8 (1.3)

 College graduate or higher

68.6 (0.9)

78.2 (1.2)

67.0 (1.2)

57.0 (1.6)

73.1 (1.1)

64.5 (1.2)

71.7 (1.1)

63.0 (2.2)

62.3 (1.6)

 P education x year

0.440

        

 P education x demographic group

 

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 

0.222

  

 P education x demographic group x year

 

0.185

  

0.793

 

0.494

  
  1. Abbreviations: SE standard error
  2. aPrevalence estimates are mutually adjusted (e.g., estimates for age group by education strata adjusted for gender and ethnicity). Hispanic also includes Mexican