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Table 3 Linear regressions for the relationship between participants’ characteristics and increases in time spent in various physical activity domains compared to pre-COVID states

From: Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic- restrictions in Germany: a nationwide survey

 

Sports

At work

Transport

Recreation

Sedentary behavior

Household

 

β

95%-CI

β

95%-CI

β

95%-CI

β

95%-CI

β

95%-CI

β

95%-CI

Ageb

-0.05

(-.054 -.042)

0.04

(.037 .049)

0.00

(-.009 .003)

-0.03

(-.033 -.021)

-0.07

(-.076 -.064)

-0.08

(-.081 -.069)

Femalea

0.01

(.004 .014)

-0.03

(-.037 -.027)

0.01

(.002 .012)

0.03

(.029 .039)

0.01

(.007 .017)

0.07

(.068 .078)

Educationa

 Primary (Ref.)

  Secondary

-0.01

(-.034 .005)

0.00

(-.014 .022)

0.01

(-.004 .034)

0.02

(.004 .041)

0.01

(-.005 .033)

0.03

(.001 .044)

  Tertiary

-0.01

(-.025 .013)

-0.03

(-.045 -.008)

0.00

(-.018 .022)

0.05

(.031 .07)

0.05

(.034 .074)

0.08

(.061 .099)

  Unknown

0.00

(-.014 .008)

-0.01

(-.019 .003)

0.00

(-.012 .011)

0.02

(.004 .027)

0.04

(.024 .047)

0.03

(.021 .043)

  Migrant backgrounda

-0.02

(-.027 -.018)

-0.02

(-.025 -.015)

-0.03

(-.036 -.026)

-0.05

(-.060 -.05)

0.02

(.014 .024)

0.02

(.013 .023)

 Altered working conditionb

  Worktime reduction

0.02

(.013 .023)

-0.08

(-.080 -.071)

0.04

(.033 .044)

0.06

(.057 .067)

-0.01

(-.016 -.006)

0.07

(.066 .076)

  Worktime increase

-0.03

(-.033 -.023)

0.06

(.053 .062)

0.00

(-.010 .001)

-0.03

(-.039 -.029)

0.02

(.020 .029)

-0.02

(-.024 -.014)

  Remote work

0.03

(-.002 .009)

-0.28

(-.283 -.274)

-0.10

(-.101 -.091)

0.04

(.039 .049)

0.19

(.186 .196)

0.16

(.153 .162)

  Dismissal from the job

0.01

(.001 .011)

-0.03

(-.035 -.025)

0.00

(-.003 .007)

0.01

(.002 .012)

0.01

(.002 .012)

0.02

(.019 .029)

 Health

  Self-rated healthb,c

0.05

(.041 .053)

0.01

(.004 .015)

0.04

(.032 .044)

0.05

(.043 .054)

0.00

(-.009 .002)

0.03

(.027 .038)

  Changes in self-rated healthb,c

0.17

(.161 .177)

0.05

(.044 .054)

0.10

(.095 .106)

0.13

(.122 .132)

-0.06

(-.065 -.055)

0.07

(.065 .076)

  Anxietya, d

0.03

(.025 .041)

0.02

(.014 .029)

0.04

(.027 .043)

0.04

(.036 .052)

-0.02

(-.031 -.016)

0.04

(.031 .046)

  Depressiona,d

-0.07

(-.082 -.064)

-0.08

(-.092 -.076)

-0.09

(-.100 -.082)

-0.10

(-.110 -.092)

0.07

(.060 .077)

-0.05

(-.058 -.042)

  Δ depression (T2-T1)e

-0.06

(-.065 -.053)

-0.09

(-.092 -.08)

-0.07

(-.078 -.065)

-0.08

(-.081 -.069)

0.07

(.062 .074)

-0.02

(-.024 -.012)

 Social factors

  Household with childrenb

-0.02

(-.023 -.013)

0.00

(-.007 .003)

-0.02

(-.028 -.017)

-0.01

(-.014 -.004)

-0.04

(-.046 -.035)

0.06

(.056 .067)

  Feeling of lonelinessb

-0.05

(-.050 -.04)

-0.08

(-.087 -.077)

-0.03

(-.034 -.024)

-0.03

(-.033 -.023)

0.04

(.038 .049)

0.03

(.024 .035)

  Member of a sports cluba

-0.09

(-.094 -.084)

-0.02

(-.024 -.015)

0.03

(.021 .031)

0.03

(.029 .039)

0.01

(.003 .013)

0.03

(.021 .032)

  Physical activitya

0.02

(.017 .027)

0.01

(.007 .016)

0.02

(.018 .028)

0.01

(.007 .017)

-0.01

(-.018 -.009)

0.00

(-.007 .003)

  adj. R2

 

.065

 

.136

 

.041

 

.065

 

.073

 

.091

  1. N = 152,421; a assessed at baseline interview; b assessed at COVID-19 interview; c higher values point towards a better health status; d higher values represent more symptoms; e change between baseline and COVID-follow-up; all models were additionally adjusted for unemployment, living alone, regional exceptionally high number of covid-cases, month of interview