Table 2.
Steps per day based on participant characteristics (N = 1,136).
| Variables | Steps per Day |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | Standard Error | P* | |
| What is your sex? | ||||
| Male | 526 | 5340 | 153 | 0.034 |
| Female | 610 | 4912 | 132 | |
| What is your age? | ||||
| 18–29 | 220 | 5843 | 287 | <0.001 |
| 30–39 | 193 | 5127 | 204 | |
| 40–49 | 233 | 5915 | 206 | |
| 50–59 | 229 | 4742 | 256 | |
| 60+ | 261 | 4027 | 169 | |
| What is your education level? | ||||
| Less than HS | 23 | 3920 | 582 | 0.059 |
| HS graduate | 180 | 4947 | 160 | |
| Some college | 480 | 5274 | 169 | |
| College graduate | 210 | 5241 | 297 | |
| Some postgraduate studies | 243 | 5385 | 274 | |
| What is your marital status? | ||||
| Single | 239 | 6076 | 225 | <0.001 |
| Married/partnered | 735 | 4793 | 122 | |
| Divorced | 130 | 5463 | 313 | |
| Widowed | 32 | 3394 | 326 | |
| What is your race? | ||||
| White | 1012 | 5086 | 108 | 0.103 |
| Hispanic | 22 | 5617 | 582 | |
| Black | 12 | 3974 | 405 | |
| Other | 90 | 5651 | 386 | |
| Region | ||||
| New England | 47 | 5715 | 537 | 0.031 |
| Mid-Atlantic | 211 | 4908 | 248 | |
| Southeast | 259 | 5214 | 213 | |
| Southcentral | 118 | 5033 | 276 | |
| Upper Midwest | 186 | 5020 | 246 | |
| Breadbasket | 78 | 4462 | 315 | |
| Mountain West | 84 | 6298 | 474 | |
| Pacific West | 153 | 4933 | 224 | |
| BMI (calculated from self-reported height and weight) | ||||
| Non-overweight/obese | 329 | 5864 | 193 | <0.001 |
| Overweight | 378 | 5200 | 166 | |
| Obese | 407 | 4330 | 163 | |
P values represent tests among ordered categories (age, education level, and BMI); P values between all race categories were not significant; P values for marital status were significant for all categories except between single and divorced, between married/partnered and widowed, and between married/partnered and divorced; P values for region were different between Mountain West and Breadbasket. Step values are based on data weighted to reflect the general U.S. population.
Regions- New England: CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT; Mid Atlantic: MD, NJ, NY, PA, DC, WV, DE; Southeast: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA; Southcentral: AR, LA, OK, TX; Upper Midwest: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI; Breadbasket: IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD; Mountain West: AZ, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, UT, WY; Pacific West: CA, OR, WA, AK, HI.