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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents

From: Does health literacy moderate the psychological pathways of physical activity from guideline awareness to behavior? A multi-group structural equation modeling

 

M (SD) or %

Age (years) M(SD)

46.2 (13.4)

Sex, %

 Men

50.4%

 Women

49.6%

Current marital status, %

 No

46.6%

 Yes

53.4%

Current working status, %

 No

33.6%

 Yes

66.4%

Educational background, %

 4-year college or more

27.2%

 2-year college or vocational school

21.1%

 High school

44.8%

 Junior high school

6.9%

Household income level, %

 > \ 6 million

33.6%

 < \ 6 million

24.1%

 < \ 4 million

26.7%

 < \ 2 million

15.6%

Health literacy score (range, 1 to 5), M (SD)

3.4 (0.7)

Awareness of PA guidelines, %

 Not aware

84.9%

 Aware

15.1%

Knowledge about PA guidelines, %

 Inadequate

93.4%

 Adequate

6.6%

Average score of items for belief about PA (range, 1 to 5), M (SD)

3.5 (0.8)

Average score of items for behavioral intention (range, 1 to 5), M (SD)

2.9 (1.1)

Volume of moderate-to-vigorous PA (METs-hours per day) measured by the JPHC Study’s questionnaire [31, 33], M (SD)

10.4 (12.4)

Activity level of PA measured by Kawakami et al. [32], %

 Low

69.0%

 High

31.0%

  1. Abbreviations: JPHC study Japan Public Health Center-based prospective study, M mean, METS metabolic equivalents, PA physical activity, SD standard deviation