Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population with percentage of the participants who are active during leisure time for each characteristic
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Total number of participants N = 485 n (%) |
Physically in-active participants n (%) |
Physically active participants n (%) |
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| Sex | |||
| Men | 236 (48.7) | 87 (40.3) | 149 (55.4)* |
| Women | 249 (51.3) | 129 (59.7) | 120 (44.6) |
| Age | |||
| 15–19 years | 221 (45.6) | 99 (45.8) | 122 (45.4) |
| 20–24 years | 113 (23.3) | 44 (20.4) | 69 (25.7) |
| 25–30 years | 151 (31.1) | 73 (33.8) | 78 (29.0) |
| Mean age (sd) | 21.6 (5.0) | 21.8 (5.2) | 21.5 (4.8) |
| Country of birth | |||
| Born in Turkey | 212 (43.7) | 105 (48.6) | 107 (39.8)* |
| Born in the Netherlands | 273 (56.3) | 111 (51.4) | 162 (60.2) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married or cohabiting | 167 (34.4) | 89 (41.2) | 78 (29.0)* |
| Not married/not cohabiting | 318 (65.6) | 127 (58.8) | 191 (71.0) |
| Educational level | |||
| Low | 226 (46.6) | 107 (49.5) | 119 (44.2) |
| Moderate to high | 259 (53.4) | 109 (50.5) | 150 (55.8) |
| Acculturation indicatorsa | |||
| Cultural orientation | |||
| Low | 304 (65.8) | 151 (72.2) | 153 (60.5)* |
| High | 158 (34.2) | 58 (27.8) | 100 (39.5) |
| Social contacts with ethnic Dutch | |||
| Few | 346 (72.2) | 169 (79.0) | 177 (66.8)* |
| Many | 133 (27.8) | 45 (21.0) | 88 (33.2) |
| Contextual barriers | |||
| Neighbourhood environmenta | |||
| Attractive neighbourhood | 299 (64.7) | 120 (58.5) | 179 (69.6)* |
| Less attractive neighbourhood | 163 (35.3) | 85 (41.5) | 78 (30.4) |
| Children under 16 | |||
| Having no children | 322 (66.4) | 134 (62.0) | 188 (69.9)* |
| One or more children living at home | 163 (33.6) | 82 (38.0) | 81 (30.1) |
| Occupational physical activitya | |||
| No activity at work | 345 (83.9) | 204 (94.4) | 241 (89.6)* |
| Activity at work | 66 (16.1) | 12 (5.6) | 28 (10.4) |
| Overall measure of contextual barriersb | |||
| Exercise-supportive (no barriers) | 197 (40.6) | 73 (34.9) | 116 (44.3)* |
| Exercise-inhibiting (≥1 barrier) | 288 (59.4) | 136 (65.1) | 146 (55.7) |
| Physical activity during leisure time | |||
| Physically active (≥ once a week) | 269 (55.5) | ||
| Physically inactive | 216 (44.5) |
a Numbers do not add up to total number of sample due to missing data.
b When none of the three barriers (children, less attractive neighbourhood, occupational physical activity) were present, people were categorized as living in an exercise-supportive context. When one or more barriers were present, people were categorized as living in an exercise-inhibiting context.
* P-value < .05