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Table 2 Characteristics of different participation groups in group-based physical activity programmes at t1

From: Participation in group-based physical activity programmes for adults in Germany and associated factors: data from a nationwide cohort study

Participation

‘Once at t1’ n = 479

% (95% CI)

‘Twice’ n = 94

% (95% CI)

‘Once at t0’ n = 149

% (95% CI)

‘No’ n = 2456

% (95% CI)

Total n = 3178

% (95% CI)

p-value

Total

13.1 (11.7–14.5)

2.1 (1.7–2.6)

4.0 (3.4–4.9)

80.8 (79.2–82.4)

  

Demographic characteristics

 Sex

  Women

68.3 (63.4–72.9)

79.9 (67.9–88.3)

62.8 (53.9–70.8)

48.8 (46.4–51.1)

52.5 (50.5–54.6)

 

  Men

31.7 (27.1–36.6)

20.1 (11.7–32.1)

37.2 (29.2–46.1)

51.2 (48.9–53.6)

47.5 (45.4–49.5)

0.000

 Age

  30–44 years

31.6 (26.3–37.4)

10.7 (5.7–19.4)

24.2 (17.2–32.9)

31.6 (28.6–34.7)

30.9 (28.1–33.7)

 

  45–64 years

43.0 (37.8–48.4)

52.3 (41.2–63.2)

49.6 (41.6–57.6)

44.4 (41.4–47.4)

44.6 (42.0–47.2)

 

  65–79 years

25.4 (21.3–30.0)

37.0 (27.0–48.1)

26.2 (19.5–34.2)

24.1 (22.1–26.2)

24.6 (22.7–26.6)

0.011

Socioeconomic characteristics

 Educational level

  Low

9.7 (6.6–14.1)

16.1 (9.0–27.2)

15.4 (9.5–24.2)

18.6 (16.0–21.5)

17.3 (15.0–19.7)

 

  Middle

54.9 (49.5–60.2)

48.7 (38.4–59.2)

58.4 (49.7–66.5)

56.1 (53.2–59.0)

55.9 (53.3–58.4)

 

  High

35.4 (30.3–40.7)

35.2 (25.6–46.1)

26.2 (18.9–35.1)

25.3 (23.0–27.7)

26.8 (24.7–29.1)

0.000

 Income

  Below 60%

9.9 (7.0–13.9)

11.7 (6.3–20.5)

9.9 (5.4–17.2)

15.4 (13.3–17.7)

14.4 (12.5–16.4)

 

  60–150%

66.5 (60.4–72.1)

68.1 (57.7–76.9)

72.2 (63.2–79.8)

65.3 (62.9–67.6)

65.8 (63.6–68.0)

 

  Above 150%

23.6 (18.7–29.3)

20.3 (13.1–30.0)

17.9 (11.9–26.0)

19.3 (17.1–21.7)

19.8 (17.8–22.0)

0.052

Sports behaviour

 Sports activity aggregated (in the last 3 months)

  No sports

10.8 (8.1–14.5)

8.6 (4.6–15.5)

26.8 (18.8–36.7)

44.7 (42.0–47.4)

38.7 (36.4–41.1)

 

  Sports activity per week

89.2 (85.5–91.9)

91.4 (84.5–95.4)

73.2 (63.3–81.2)

55.3 (52.6–58.0)

61.3 (58.9–63.6)

0.000

Health status

 Subjective health status

  Good/very good

66.5 (60.9–71.6)

66.8 (57.1–75.3)

65.0 (55.9–73.1)

69.3 (66.6–71.8)

68.7 (66.3–70.9)

 

  Fair/poor/very poor

33.5 (28.4–39.1)

33.2 (24.7–42.9)

35.0 (26.9–44.1)

30.7 (28.2–33.4)

31.3 (29.1–33.7)

0.515

Enabling factor

 Physician physical activity counselling

  No

80.5 (75.4–84.8)

84.3 (72.2–91.7)

91.7 (85.0–95.6)

92.3 (90.7–93.7)

90.6 (89.1–92.0)

 

  Yes

19.5 (15.2–24.6)

15.7 (8.3–27.8)

8.3 (4.4–15.0)

7.7 (6.3–9.3)

9.4 (8.0–10.9)

0.000

  1. CI, confidence interval