Table 2.
Associations between sociodemographic variables and meeting physical activity recommendations
| Meeting physical activity recommendations | ||||||
| Men (n = 962) | Women (n = 970) | |||||
| % | unadjusted OR |
(95% CI) | % | unadjusted OR |
(95% CI) | |
| Total | 31.6 | 24.9 | ||||
| Age | ||||||
| 20–29 | 30.7 | 1.00 | (ref) | 22.1 | 1.00 | (ref) |
| 30–39 | 30.6 | 0.99 | (0.65–1.53) | 18.9 | 0.82 | (0.50–1.35) |
| 40–49 | 30.5 | 0.99 | (0.64–1.52) | 25.5 | 1.21 | (0.76–1.93) |
| ≥50 | 33.2 | 1.12 | (0.77–1.63) | 29.1 | 1.45 | (0.97–2.17) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 32.5 | 1.00 | (ref) | 27.0 | 1.00 | (ref) |
| Unmarried | 30.1 | 0.89 | (0.67–1.18) | 19.5 | 0.65 | (0.46–0.92) |
| Educational status | ||||||
| ≤ high school graduate | 34.2 | 1.00 | (ref) | 21.6 | 1.00 | (ref) |
| 2 years of college | 40.8 | 1.33 | (0.85–2.07) | 28.5 | 1.45 | (1.01–2.08) |
| ≥ college graduate | 28.7 | 0.77 | (0.56–1.07) | 24.1 | 1.15 | (0.79–1.68) |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed | 30.6 | 1.00 | (ref) | 23.6 | 1.00 | (ref) |
| Not employed | 36.6 | 1.31 | (0.92–1.87) | 26.4 | 1.16 | (0.87–1.55) |
| Household income | ||||||
| < 3,000,000 yen | 33.3 | 1.00 | (ref) | 21.9 | 1.00 | (ref) |
| 3,000,000–yen | 29.7 | 0.84 | (0.55–1.29) | 21.1 | 0.96 | (0.59–1.54) |
| 5,000,000–yen | 30.3 | 0.87 | (0.55–1.37) | 28.2 | 1.40 | (0.86–2.28) |
| 7,000,000–yen | 34.2 | 1.04 | (0.66–1.62) | 23.4 | 1.09 | (0.67–1.78) |
| 10,000,000–yen | 29.7 | 0.93 | (0.56–1.54) | 28.6 | 1.83 | (1.09–3.06) |
Study conducted by Internet research service organization, Tokyo, Japan, in February 2008.
% = the prevalence of meeting physical activity recommendation
*p < .05