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Table 1 Total and domain-specific MVPA outcomes by income tertile among men, Health Survey for England 2008, 2012 and 2016

From: Inequalities in participation and time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: a pooled analysis of the cross-sectional health surveys for England 2008, 2012, and 2016

  

Income

    

All

Lowest

Middle

Highest

Middle versus lowest

 

Highest versus lowest

 
    

Difference (95% CI)

P-valuea

Difference (95% CI)

P-valuea

N

11,199

3197

3729

4273

    

Total MVPA:

 Any: % (95% CI)

85 (84, 85)

75 (73, 77)

86 (85, 87)

90 (89, 91)

11 (9, 13)

< 0.001

15 (13, 17)

< 0.001

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

66 (65, 67)

54 (52, 56)

68 (66, 69)

74 (72, 75)

13 (11, 16)

< 0.001

19 (17, 22)

< 0.001

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

9.7 (0.12)

8.1 (0.23)

10.3 (0.21)

10.4 (0.18)

2.2 (1.6, 2.8)

< 0.001

2.2 (1.7, 2.8)

< 0.001

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

11.5 (0.13)

10.4 (0.27)

11.7 (0.23)

11.4 (0.19)

1.3 (0.6, 1.9)

< 0.001

0.9 (0.3, 1.6)

0.004

Sports/exercise:

 Any: % (95% CI)

53 (52, 54)

39 (37, 41)

52 (50, 53)

63 (61, 64)

13 (10, 15)

< 0.001

24 (21, 26)

< 0.001

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

35 (34, 36)

24 (22, 25)

34 (32, 35)

42 (40, 43)

10 (8, 12)

< 0.001

18 (16, 20)

< 0.001

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

3.5 (0.07)

2.4 (0.11)

3.3 (0.11)

4.3 (0.12)

0.9 (0.6, 1.2)

< 0.001

1.9 (1.6, 2.2)

< 0.001

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

6.5 (0.10)

5.3 (0.20)

5.9 (0.16)

6.5 (0.16)

0.6 (0.0, 1.1)

0.032

1.2 (0.7, 1.7)

< 0.001

Domestic:

 Any: % (95% CI)

48 (47, 49)

43 (41, 45)

47 (45, 49)

52 (50, 54)

4 (1, 7)

0.003

9 (6, 11)

< 0.001

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

10 (9, 10)

11 (10, 12)

9 (8, 10)

10 (9, 11)

-1 (−3, 0)

0.068

-1 (−3, 0)

0.086

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

0.9 (0.03)

1.0 (0.06)

0.9 (0.04)

0.9 (0.04)

−0.1 (− 0.2, 0.1)

0.222

− 0.1 (− 0.3, 0.0)

0.070

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

1.9 (0.05)

2.3 (0.13)

1.9 (0.08)

1.7 (0.06)

−0.4 (− 0.7, − 0.1)

0.006

−0.6 (− 0.9, − 0.3)

< 0.001

Walking:

 Any: % (95% CI)

43 (42, 44)

33 (31, 35)

40 (38, 42)

51 (49, 53)

7 (4, 10)

< 0.001

18 (16, 20)

< 0.001

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

24 (24, 25)

20 (19, 22)

22 (20, 23)

30 (28, 31)

1 (−1, 3)

0.259

9 (7, 11)

< 0.001

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

2.2 (0.05)

1.9 (0.10)

2.1 (0.09)

2.5 (0.09)

0.1 (−0.1, 0.4)

0.342

0.6 (0.3, 0.8)

< 0.001

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

5.2 (0.11)

6.0 (0.27)

5.4 (0.22)

5.2 (0.19)

−0.5 (−1.2, 0.1)

0.109

−0.7 (− 1.4, − 0.1)

0.018

Manual:

 Any: % (95% CI)

28 (27, 29)

22 (20, 23)

29 (27, 30)

31 (29, 32)

7 (5, 9)

< 0.001

9 (7, 11)

< 0.001

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

12 (11, 12)

9 (8, 10)

13 (12, 15)

12 (11, 13)

4 (3, 6)

< 0.001

3 (2, 5)

< 0.001

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

1.1 (0.04)

0.8 (0.06)

1.3 (0.07)

1.1 (0.06)

0.4 (0.3, 0.6)

< 0.001

0.3 (0.2, 0.5)

< 0.001

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

4.0 (0.10)

3.8 (0.23)

4.4 (0.22)

3.6 (0.17)

0.6 (−0.1, 1.2)

0.078

−0.2 (− 0.8, 0.3)

0.382

Occupational:

 In paid or unpaid work (%)e

64

35

65

83

–

–

–

–

 Very physically active in their jobf

25

38

31

16

–

–

–

–

 Any % (95% CI)

17 (16, 17)

14 (13, 16)

22 (20, 23)

14 (13, 16)

7 (5, 9)

< 0.001

0 (−2, 2)

0.989

 Sufficient % (95% CI)b

15 (14, 15)

13 (12, 15)

19 (18, 21)

12 (11, 13)

6 (4, 8)

< 0.001

−1 (−3, 1)

0.269

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

2.5 (0.09)

2.4 (0.17)

3.6 (0.18)

1.9 (0.12)

1.1 (0.7, 1.6)

< 0.001

−0.5 (−0.9, − 0.1)

0.021

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

15.2 (0.36)

16.3 (0.85)

15.7 (0.74)

13.6 (0.78)

−0.5 (−2.7, 1.7)

0.629

−2.7 (−4.9, − 0.4)

0.019

  1. MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, SE standard error
  2. aP-values calculated via linear combination of coefficients
  3. bSufficient activity: at least 2.5 h/week MVPA
  4. cMVPA hours/week includes all participants, including those inactive (range: 0 to 40 h/week)
  5. dMVPA-active hours/week restricted to active participants (range: 0.042 to 40 h/week)
  6. eEstimates are unweighted
  7. fParticipants doing any paid or unpaid work were asked how physically active they were in their job (responses: very; fairly; not very; not at all). Estimates are unweighted
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