Table 2 The characteristics of the study population
From: Municipal resources to promote adult physical activity - a multilevel follow-up study
Year | 2000 | 2011 | Significance test |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of participants | 3193 | 3193 | p-value |
Proportion (%) of males | 45 | 45 | 1.00 |
Mean age (SD) | 49.44 (11.83) | 60.44 (11.83) | 0.000 |
What is your highest level of education completed after primary school (%) | N = 3186 | N = 3152 | 0.000 |
No vocational training or education at all | 17 | 14 | |
Training or technical certificate for completed courses | 17 | 17 | |
Vocational institution | 32 | 31 | |
Technical college or special vocational qualification | 20 | 19 | |
A degree of higher vocational qualification | 4 | 7 | |
A higher university qualification, licentiate’s or doctor’s degree | 9 | 11 | |
Current health status (%) | N = 3182 | N = 3150 | 0.000 |
Poor | 1 | 2 | |
Fairly poor | 5 | 6 | |
Moderate | 23 | 18 | |
Fairly good | 32 | 35 | |
Good | 39 | 39 | |
Municipalities’ resources for physical activity among 3197 participants | |||
Park hectares/1000 inhabitants | 3.05 | 2.82 | 0.000 |
Km of ways for pedestrians and bicycles/1000 inhabitants | 1.76 | 2.53 | 0.000 |
Number of organizations receiving grants/1000 inhabitants | 1.27 | 1.16 | 0.000 |
Municipal expenditure (€) for sports and outdoor recreation/inhabitant (2020 value) | 91.03 | 120.58 | 0.000 |