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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2009 Feb 18;68(7):1305–1314. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.035

Table 3. Longitudinal regression coefficients and robust standard errors of community components on physical activity among adult Chinese men and women.

Men Women
Community Infrastructure
Components
Occupational
Activity
1991-2006
Total
Activities
1997-2006
Occupational
Activity
1991-2006
Total
Activities
1997-2006
Population -0.37 (1.30) -1.25 (1.50) 2.61 (1.73) 0.43 (1.90)
Density -3.24 * (1.39) -0.88 (1.48) -2.87 (1.80) -0.01 (1.86)
Access to markets -1.88 * (0.92) -2.72 * (1.09) -3.06 ** (1.15) -3.12 * (1.37)
Transportation Infrastructure -1.06 (1.29) -0.17 (1.52) -2.03 (1.43) -3.19 (1.70)
Communications Infrastructure -1.85 (1.51) -0.42 (1.64) -4.21 * (2.11) -1.41 (2.41)
Economy -7.08 ** (1.46) -6.39 ** (1.54) -9.22 ** (1.59) -8.84 ** (1.79)
Educational Institution -12.97 ** (1.80) -12.91 ** (2.19) -17.00 ** (2.39) -16.22 ** (2.85)
Health Facilities -2.93 * (1.46) -2.15 (1.70) -3.50 * (1.72) -3.64 (1.95)
Sanitation Infrastructure -9.13 ** (1.22) -8.43 ** (1.44) -9.82 ** (1.59) -6.12 ** (1.93)
Housing Infrastructure -9.15 ** (1.82) -10.18 ** (2.61) -10.54 ** (2.16) -12.49 ** (3.18)

Statistics for regression models
# of observations 16753 11234 18033 12092
# of unique individuals 6740 5450 7188 5669
# of communities 235 225 235 225
Wald 2545.71 ** 1608.64 ** 2283.50 ** 1241.87 **
Degrees of freedom 27 25 27 25
σ_u (Std error of random error) 82.71 77.63 89.81 90.69
σ_e (Std error of residual) 136.39 137.65 151.32 152.41
**

denotes significance at the 1% level;

*

denotes significance at 5% level.

Controlling for year dummies, age, age-squared, age-cubed, individual educational attainment, marital status, living situation, predicted household income tercile and community level CPI.