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Table 2 Descriptive norms

From: Re-assessing the social climate of physical (in)activity in Canada

Walking or Wheeling2

People exercising2

Kids playing2

People my age.guidelines2

Characteristic

OR1

95% CI1

p-value

OR1

95% CI1

p-value

OR1

95% CI1

p-value

OR1

95% CI1

p-value

Gender

            

Male

REF

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

Female

0.77

0.69, 0.87

< 0.001

0.79

0.70, 0.88

< 0.001

0.86

0.75, 0.97

0.017

1.14

0.98, 1.32

0.10

Age

0.99

0.99, 0.99

< 0.001

1.00

0.99, 1.00

0.4

1.01

1.01, 1.01

< 0.001

0.98

0.97, 0.98

< 0.001

Dwelling setting

            

I live in an urban setting

REF

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

I live in a semi-urban setting

1.05

0.92, 1.20

0.4

1.05

0.92, 1.20

0.5

0.97

0.85, 1.12

0.7

0.97

0.83, 1.15

0.7

I live in a rural setting

1.71

1.46, 2.00

< 0.001

1.58

1.35, 1.86

< 0.001

1.36

1.14, 1.63

< 0.001

0.80

0.65, 0.98

0.037

Income level ($)

            

< 35,000

REF

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

35,000–75,000

1.05

0.89, 1.25

0.6

0.88

0.74, 1.04

0.13

1.03

0.85, 1.23

0.8

1.04

0.85, 1.29

0.7

75,000-125,000

1.02

0.86, 1.22

0.8

0.95

0.79, 1.13

0.5

1.01

0.83, 1.22

> 0.9

0.79

0.63, 0.99

0.039

> 125,000

0.99

0.81, 1.21

> 0.9

0.86

0.70, 1.05

0.13

0.98

0.79, 1.22

0.9

0.77

0.60, 0.99

0.041

Don’t want to report

0.99

0.80, 1.21

0.9

1.05

0.86, 1.30

0.6

1.20

0.95, 1.51

0.12

0.89

0.68, 1.16

0.4

Met the physical activity guidelines

            

No

REF

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

Yes

0.83

0.72, 0.95

0.007

0.71

0.62, 0.82

< 0.001

0.72

0.63, 0.84

< 0.001

1.58

1.34, 1.86

< 0.001

Political Spectrum

            

Liberal

REF

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

Centre

1.36

1.18, 1.57

< 0.001

1.08

0.93, 1.25

0.3

0.99

0.85, 1.15

0.9

1.12

0.94, 1.35

0.2

Conservatives

1.17

1.01, 1.36

0.041

1.09

0.93, 1.26

0.3

1.09

0.92, 1.28

0.3

1.05

0.86, 1.29

0.6

Don’t know

1.35

1.13, 1.62

0.001

1.19

0.99, 1.44

0.058

1.29

1.05, 1.58

0.014

1.02

0.81, 1.28

0.8

Year

            

2018

REF

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

—

—

 

2023

1.58

1.41, 1.78

< 0.001

0.82

0.73, 0.92

< 0.001

0.75

0.66, 0.85

< 0.001

2.20

1.89, 2.56

< 0.001

  1. 1 OR = Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval, REF = Reference group for each corresponding variable
  2. 2Outcome reference group: Disagree, 3 Outcome reference group < = 50%
  3. Observed power (1- β) (walking or wheeling) = 99.8, 95% CI: 99.6, 100.0, Observed power (1- β) (people exercising) = 90.0, 95% CI: 87.9, 91.8, Observed power (1- β) (kids playing) = 99.5, 95% CI: 98.8, 99.8, Observed power (1- β) (people my age) = 99.8, 95% CI: 99.6, 100.0
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