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Table 3 Injunctive norms

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

Society disapproves of inactivity2

People I care about…guidelines 3

Characteristic

OR1

95% CI1

p-value

OR1

95% CI1

p-value

Gender

      

 Male

REF

 

 

 Female

0.72

0.63, 0.82

< 0.001

1.19

1.02, 1.38

0.030

Age

1.00

1.00, 1.00

0.6

1.02

1.01, 1.02

< 0.001

Dwelling setting

      

 I live in an urban setting

REF

 

 

 I live in a semi-urban setting

1.16

1.00, 1.35

0.044

1.33

1.12, 1.58

0.001

 I live in a rural setting

1.11

0.93, 1.32

0.3

1.14

0.93, 1.42

0.2

Income level ($)

      

 < 35,000

REF

 

 

 35,000–75,000

1.09

0.90, 1.31

0.4

1.09

0.87, 1.35

0.4

 75,000-125,000

1.09

0.90, 1.33

0.4

1.25

0.99, 1.57

0.060

 > 125,000

1.10

0.88, 1.37

0.4

1.16

0.90, 1.50

0.2

 Don’t want to report

1.08

0.86, 1.36

0.5

0.97

0.74, 1.28

0.8

Met the physical activity guidelines

      

 No

REF

 

 

 Yes

1.03

0.88, 1.20

0.8

0.43

0.37, 0.51

< 0.001

Political Spectrum

      

 Liberal

REF

 

 

 Centre

1.29

1.11, 1.52

0.001

1.12

0.93, 1.36

0.2

 Conservatives

1.59

1.34, 1.90

< 0.001

1.12

0.92, 1.38

0.3

 Don’t know

1.75

1.42, 2.16

< 0.001

1.31

1.02, 1.67

0.033

Year

      

 2018

REF

 

 

 2023

1.17

1.03, 1.34

0.015

0.58

0.50, 0.68

< 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: all or most of them
  3. Observed power (1- β) (society disapproves) = 69.5, 95% CI: 66.5, 72.3,
  4. Observed power (1- β) (People I care about) = 99.8, 95% CI: 99.6, 100.0