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Table 2 Total and domain-specific MVPA by income tertile among women, 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

 

All

Lowest

Middle

Highest

Middle versus lowest

 

Highest versus lowest

 
    

Difference (95% CI)

P-valuea

Difference (95% CI)

P-valuea

N

13,683

4605

4627

4451

    

Total MVPA:

 Any: % (95% CI)

81 (80, 82)

74 (73, 76)

81 (80, 82)

86 (85, 88)

7 (5, 8)

< 0.001

12 (10, 14)

< 0.001

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

56 (55, 57)

49 (47, 50)

56 (54, 57)

63 (62, 65)

7 (5, 9)

< 0.001

14 (12, 16)

< 0.001

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

6.8 (0.09)

5.8 (0.15)

6.9 (0.14)

7.6 (0.16)

1.1 (0.7, 1.5)

< 0.001

1.8 (1.3, 2.2)

< 0.001

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

8.4 (0.10)

7.6 (0.17)

8.3 (0.16)

8.6 (0.17)

0.7 (0.3, 1.2)

0.001

1.0 (0.6, 1.5)

< 0.001

Sports/exercise:

 Any: % (95% CI)

44 (43, 45)

32 (30, 33)

43 (41, 44)

55 (54, 57)

11 (9, 13)

< 0.001

24 (22, 26)

< 0.001

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

23 (22, 23)

15 (13, 16)

21 (20, 23)

30 (29, 32)

7 (5, 8)

< 0.001

16 (14, 18)

< 0.001

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

2.0 (0.04)

1.3 (0.06)

1.8 (0.06)

2.8 (0.09)

0.5 (0.4, 0.7)

< 0.001

1.5 (1.3, 1.7)

< 0.001

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

4.5 (0.08)

3.7 (0.13)

4.0 (0.12)

4.8 (0.15)

0.3 (0.0, 0.7)

0.051

1.1 (0.7, 1.5)

< 0.001

Domestic:

 Any: % (95% CI)

61 (60, 62)

60 (59, 62)

61 (60, 63)

60 (59, 62)

1 (−1, 3)

0.505

0 (−2, 2)

0.915

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

20 (19, 20)

22 (21, 23)

20 (19, 22)

17 (16, 19)

−2 (−4, 0)

0.059

−5 (−6, −3)

< 0.001

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

1.7 (0.03)

2.0 (0.07)

1.8 (0.06)

1.4 (0.05)

−0.2 (− 0.4, 0.0)

0.017

− 0.6 (− 0.7, − 0.4)

< 0.001

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

2.8 (0.05)

3.2 (0.10)

2.8 (0.09)

2.3 (0.08)

− 0.3 (− 0.6, − 0.1)

0.013

− 0.8 (− 1.0, − 0.6)

< 0.001

Walking:

 Any: % (95% CI)

35 (34, 35)

27 (25, 28)

33 (32, 34)

43 (41, 44)

6 (4, 8)

< 0.001

16 (14, 18)

< 0.001

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

22 (21, 23)

18 (16, 19)

21 (20, 23)

27 (25, 28)

4 (2, 5)

< 0.001

9 (7, 11)

< 0.001

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

1.9 (0.05)

1.5 (0.07)

1.8 (0.07)

2.3 (0.09)

0.4 (0.2, 0.5)

< 0.001

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

< 0.001

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

5.5 (0.11)

5.6 (0.19)

5.8 (0.22)

5.8 (0.21)

0.2 (−0.4, 0.7)

0.526

0.2 (− 0.4, 0.7)

0.495

Manual:

 Any: % (95% CI)

12 (12, 13)

10 (9, 11)

12 (12, 13)

14 (13, 15)

2 (1, 3)

0.005

3 (2,5)

< 0.001

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

4 (4, 4)

3 (3, 4)

4 (4, 5)

4 (4, 5)

1 (0, 2)

0.003

1 (0, 2)

0.009

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

0.4 (0.02)

0.3 (0.02)

0.4 (0.03)

0.4 (0.03)

0.1 (0.0, 0.2)

0.008

0.1 (0.0, 0.2)

0.016

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

2.9 (0.11)

2.7 (0.19)

3.1 (0.23)

2.5 (0.16)

0.4 (−0.2, 1.0)

0.177

−0.2 (− 0.7, 0.3)

0.408

Occupational:

 In paid or unpaid work (%)e

55

32

57

75

–

–

–

–

 Very physically active in their jobf

19

29

22

12

–

–

–

–

 Any: % (95% CI)

7 (7, 7)

7 (6, 7)

9 (8, 9)

6 (6, 7)

2 (1, 3)

0.002

0 (−1, 1)

0.678

 Sufficient: % (95% CI)b

6 (6, 6)

6 (5, 6)

8 (7, 8)

5 (5, 6)

2 (1, 3)

< 0.001

0 (− 1, 1)

0.658

 MVPA hours/week:mean (SE)c

1.0 (0.04)

0.9 (0.08)

1.3 (0.08)

0.8 (0.07)

0.4 (0.1, 0.6)

0.001

−0.1 (− 0.3, 0.1)

0.329

 MVPA-active hours/week:mean (SE)d

14.2 (0.39)

12.7 (0.66)

14.6 (0.65)

12.7 (0.59)

1.9 (0.1, 3.7)

0.043

−0.1 (−1.9, 1.7)

0.930

  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