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. 2012 Jul 8;2012:612918. doi: 10.1155/2012/612918

Table 2.

Participation of the older adults in “convivência groups”, 2002 and 2010 in Florianópolis, Brazil.

Participate in “convivência” groups 2002
(N = 875)
Participate in “convivência” groups 2010
(N = 1705)
No Yes χ 2 P value No Yes χ 2 P value
Gender N (%)
 Male 387 (55.1) 50 (29.1) 37524.0 <0.001 409 (41.4) 207 (28.8) 28.635 <0.001
 Female 315 (44.9) 122 (70.9) 578 (58.6) 511 (71.2)
Age N (%)
 60–69 323 (46) 79 (45.9) 1337.0 0.512 525 (53.2) 411 (57.2) 9600 0.008
 70–79 264 (37.6) 59 (34.3) 323 (32.7) 241 (33.6)
 >80 115 (16.4) 34 (19.8) 139 (14.1) 66 (9.2)
Marital status, N (%)
 Married 451 (64.2) 84 (48.8) 20.9 <0.001 592 (60) 401 (55.8) 7.267 0.064
 Widow 23 (3.3) 7 (4.1) 60 (6.1) 39 (5.4)
 Divorced 50 (7.1) 8 (4.7) 81 (8.2) 51 (7.1)
 Single 178 (25.4) 73 (42.4) 254 (25.7) 227 (31.6)
Educational levels, N (%)
 None 145 (20.7) 30 (17.4) 0.91 0.637 96 (9.8) 65 (9.1) 0.338 0.845
 1 to 8 years 378 (53.8) 97 (56.4) 439 (44.8) 328 (45.9)
 More than 8 years 179 (25.5) 45 (26.2) 444 (45.4) 321 (45)
Socio-economic levels (in MMW), N (%)#
 Up to 2 317 (45.3) 80 (46.5) 0.72 0.868 643 (65.1) 454 (63.2) 0.777 0.678
 2 to 6 168 (24) 43 (25) 242 (24.5) 189 (26.3)
 More than 6 201 (28.7) 47 (27.3) 102 (10.3) 75 (10.4)
Physical activity level, N (%)
 Less active 501 (71.4) 118 (68.6) 0.51 0.266 530 (53.7) 330 (46) 9.953 0.002
 More active 201 (28.6) 54 (31.4) 457 (46.3) 388 (54)

*MMW: Brazilian monthly minimum wage; #16 participants did not answer this question.