Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Differences in physical activity participation among young adults in Aotearoa New Zealand
Sample (n = 7248) | Meeting aerobic recommendations (n = 7237) | Meeting muscle-strengthening recommendations (n = 4190) | Meeting physical activity recommendations (n = 4190) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||||||
Men | 2906 | 40.1 | 1897 | 65.4 | 710 | 41.7 | 667 | 39.2 |
Women | 4342 | 59.9 | 2676 | 61.7 | 970 | 39.0 | 892 | 35.9 |
Gender diversea | 46 | 23 | 50.2 | 10 | 37.1 | 9 | 34.3 | |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
European | 5131 | 70.8 | 3362 | 65.6 | 1200 | 41.0 | 1132 | 38.7 |
Māori | 903 | 12.5 | 565 | 62.6 | 197 | 40.0 | 183 | 37.1 |
Pasifika | 330 | 4.6 | 158 | 48.2 | 71 | 36.8 | 61 | 31.6 |
Asian | 808 | 11.1 | 450 | 55.7 | 191 | 36.0 | 168 | 31.7 |
MELAA | 76 | 1.0 | 38 | 50.0 | 21 | 44.7 | 15 | 31.9 |
Othera | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 7 | 53.8 | 5 | 38.5 | |
Employment/student status | ||||||||
Work full-time (non-student) | 2615 | 36.1 | 1703 | 65.2 | 667 | 44.2 | 632 | 41.9 |
Work part-time (non-student) | 899 | 12.4 | 525 | 58.6 | 186 | 35.5 | 171 | 32.6 |
NEET | 803 | 11.1 | 399 | 49.8 | 121 | 27.0 | 105 | 23.4 |
Full-time student (non-worker) | 1681 | 23.2 | 1106 | 65.9 | 398 | 41.7 | 364 | 38.1 |
Full-time student (worker) | 1250 | 17.2 | 840 | 67.3 | 308 | 40.8 | 287 | 38.0 |
Ability status | ||||||||
Non-disabled | 6666 | 92.0 | 4250 | 63.9 | 1569 | 40.8 | 1458 | 37.9 |
Disabled | 582 | 8.0 | 323 | 55.6 | 111 | 32.6 | 101 | 29.6 |
Deprivation status | ||||||||
Low | 2793 | 38.5 | 1894 | 67.9 | 690 | 42.1 | 649 | 39.6 |
Medium | 2839 | 39.2 | 1791 | 63.1 | 657 | 40.0 | 610 | 37.1 |
High | 1616 | 22.3 | 888 | 55.2 | 333 | 36.6 | 300 | 33.0 |
OVERALL | 4582 | 63.2 | 1680 | 40.1 | 1559 | 37.2 | ||