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. 2011 Feb 10;11:93. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-93

Table 4.

Binary logistic regression predicting independent factors significantly associated with the probability of participating in outdoor recreational physical activity

Men with children Men without children All men All women
Factors OR CI (95%) p OR CI (95%) p OR CI (95%) p OR CI (95%) p
Higher education level n.s. n.s. n.s. 4.211 1.316-13.473 0.015 n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s.
Dog or horse ownership n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. 3.419 1.167-10.019 0.025 24.523 3.220-186.778 0.002
Permissive family situation* n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. 3.084 1.206-7.884 0.019 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Dog or horse ownership and physical reasons† 5.214 1.123-6.897 0.001 13.583 2.964-62.240 0.001 5.570 2.405-12.904 0.001 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Dog or horse ownership and indoor activities‡ n.s. n.s. n.s. 13.585 3.327-55.476 0.001 n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s.
Dog or horse ownership and economy# n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. 2.705 1.021-7.168 0.045
Indoor activities¶ 2.783 1.430-9.967 0.027 n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. 4.047 1.929-8.488 0.001

*Having a family situation that allowed participation in outdoor recreational physical activity

†Interaction variable measuring dog or horse ownership and participation in outdoor recreational physical activity for physical reasons

‡ Interaction variable measuring dog or horse ownership and participation in physical activity indoors

# Interaction variable measuring dog or horse ownership and ability to cover an unexpected cost

¶Participation in physical activity indoors

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; n.s., not significant