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Table 4 The association between time preferences and physical activity (100 mins/week) across sub-groups

From: Association between time preference, present-bias and physical activity: implications for designing behavior change interventions

 

Age

Gender

Staff grade

Marital status

Child

 

Older than 40

Younger than 40

Male

Female

Higher staff grade

Lower staff grade

Single

Married

Has child/children

No child/children

Dependent variable: Discount rate (β)

 Minutes of physical activity

−0.003 (0.084)

− 0.141a (0.071)

− 0.093 (0.128)

− 0.061 (0.050)

− 0.143a (0.076)

−0.002 (0.090)

0.154 (0.120)

−0.185c (0.064)

− 0.202c (0.073)

0.057 (0.084)

Dependent variable: Present-biasedness (α)

 Minutes of physical activity

−0.075 (3.071)

− 4.613b (1.826)

−3.529 (2.418)

− 2.255 (8.443)

−6.140c (1.610)

0.147 (2.412)

3.255 (5.430)

−5.727c (1.373)

−6.773b (3.110)

2.021 (3.208)

Dependent variable: Risk preference (γ)

 Minutes of physical activity

−0.090b (0.040)

−0.033 (0.084)

− 0.061 (0.074)

−0.061 (0.050)

− 0.015 (0.060)

−0.184c (0.043)

− 0.162b (0.064)

−0.039 (0.051)

− 0.029 (0.090)

−0.102c (0.034)

 Log likelihood

− 2347.48

− 1172.42

− 1277.73

− 2263.43

− 2127.83

− 1381.80

− 871.20

− 2632.37

−944.04

− 2484.43

 Number of observations

4340

2310

2450

4200

3990

2660

1540

5110

1960

4690

  1. Notes: aindicates 10%, bindicates 5% and cindicates 1%. Standard errors are clustered at the individual level