Table 1.
Characteristics of the 131 included studies ordered by European region
Author, year of publication | Country of studya | Study name | Year of data- collection | Sample size + characteristicb | Age | % Malec | Responsec | SEP indicatord | PA domaine |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EU wide studies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Martinez-Gonzales et al., 2001 [54] |
EU – 15 countries |
Pan-European Union survey |
1997 |
n= 15239 |
15+ |
47% |
NP |
Education |
TLTPA |
Ståhl et al., 2001 [60] |
BEL, FIN, DEU, NLD, ESP, SWI |
MAREPS project |
1997-98 |
n= 3343 |
18+ |
43% |
54% |
Education |
TPA |
Van Tuyckom & Scheerder, 2008 [61] |
EU – 27 countries |
Eurobarometer 64.3 |
2005 |
n= 26688 |
15+ |
NP |
NP |
Education Social class |
TLTPA |
Van Tuyckom & Scheerder, 2010a [62] |
EU – 27 countries |
Eurobarometer 64.3 |
2005 |
n= 26362 |
15+ |
NP |
NP |
Social class |
TLTPA |
Van Tuyckom & Scheerder, 2010b [55] |
EU – 27 countries |
Eurobarometer 64.3 |
2005 |
n= 26688 |
15+ |
NP |
NP |
Education |
OPA TLTPA AT |
Varo et al., 2003 [56] |
EU – 15 countries |
Pan-European Union survey |
1997 |
n= 15239 |
15+ |
47% |
NP |
Education |
TLTPA |
Western European region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addor et al., 2003 [63] |
SWI |
Health examination survey of adults (MONICA project) |
1992-93 |
n= 1550 |
25-64 |
49% |
53% |
Education |
VLTPA |
Bertrais et al., 2004 [64] |
FRA |
SUVIMAX study |
1998 |
n= 7404 |
45-68 |
46% |
NP |
Education |
TLTPA |
Chaix & Chauvin, 2003 [65] |
FRA |
2000 French Health Monitoring Survey |
2000 |
n= 12948 |
16+ |
49% |
66% |
Education Income |
TLTPA |
Dragano et al., 2007 [66] |
DEU, CZE |
DEU: Heinz Nixdorf Recall (HNR) Study CZE: Health, Alcohol & Psychosocial Factors in Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) |
DEU: 2000-03 |
n DEU = 4032 |
45-69 |
DEU: 49% |
DEU: 56% |
Education Neighb. SEP |
TLTPA |
CZE: 2002-05 |
n CZE = 7522 |
|
CZE: 45% |
CZE: 55% |
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Drieskens et al., 2010 [67] |
BEL |
Belgian Health Interview Survey (HIS) |
1997 |
n 1997 = 7431 |
15+ |
NP |
60% |
Education |
TLTPA |
2001 |
n 2001 = 8142 |
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2004 |
n 2004 = 7459 |
||||||||
Galobardes et al., 2003 [68] |
SWI |
Bus Santé 1993-2000 |
1993-2000 |
n= 8194 |
35-74 |
51% |
57-65% |
Education Social class |
VLTPA |
Kamphuis et al., 2008 [52] |
NLD |
Dutch GLOBE study 2004 |
2004 |
n= 3839 |
25-75 |
48% |
64% |
Income Education |
VLTPA |
Kamphuis et al., 2009 [51] |
NLD |
Dutch GLOBE study 2004 |
2004 |
n= 1994 |
55-75 |
48% |
62% |
Income Education |
TLTPA |
van Lenthe et al., 2005 [47] |
NLD |
Dutch GLOBE study 1991 |
1991 |
n= 8767 |
20-69 |
NP |
70% |
Neighb. SEP |
TLTPA VLTPA AT |
Meyer et al., 2005 [69] |
SWI |
Swiss Health Survey 2002 |
2002 |
n= 8405 |
50+ |
45% |
NP |
Income Education |
VLTPA |
community residents | |||||||||
Nocon et al., 2008 [70] |
DEU |
German National Health Survey |
1998 |
n= 7124 |
18-79 |
48% |
NP |
Income Education Social class |
VLTPA |
van Oort et al., 2004 [71] |
NLD |
Dutch GLOBE study 1991 |
1991 |
n= 16980 |
15-74 |
49% |
70% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Rathmann et al., 2005 [72] |
DEU |
KORA (=Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg) Survey |
2000 |
n= 1653 |
55-74 |
51% |
62% |
Income Education Social class |
TLTPA |
Ribet et al., 2001 [73] |
FRA |
GAZEL study (G) MONICA – France (M) |
G: 1989-92 M: 1994-97 |
n G = 9486 n M = 534 working, living in couple |
40-50 |
100% |
G: 44-87% M: 51-77% |
Social class |
TLTPA |
Scheerder et al., 2002 [74] |
BEL |
Sports participation in Flanders |
1969 1979 1989 1999 |
n 1969 = 7479 |
NP |
50% |
71-89% |
Education Social class |
VLTPA |
- Leuven Growth Study of Flemish Girls |
|
n 1979 = 18629 |
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- Study on Movement Activities in Flanders |
|
n 1989 = 7957 |
|||||||
|
|
n 1999 = 9143 |
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parents of school children | |||||||||
Scheerder et al., 2005 [75] |
BEL |
Sports participation in Flanders |
1979 1989 1999 |
n 1979 = 19396 |
NP |
50% |
71-89% |
Education Social class |
VLTPA |
- Leuven Growth Study of Flemish Girls |
|
n 1989 = 8624 |
|||||||
- Study on Movement Activities in Flanders |
|
n 1999 = 10356 |
|||||||
|
|
parents of school children |
|||||||
Schneider & Becker, 2005 [76] |
DEU |
German National Health Survey |
1998 |
n= 3323 employed |
18-69 |
56% |
61% |
Income Education Social class Individual SEP |
VLTPA |
Van Dyck et al., 2010 [23] |
BEL |
Belgian Environmental Physical Activity Study (BEPAS) |
2007-08 |
n= 1166 |
20-65 |
48% |
58% |
Education Neighb. SEP |
TLTPA AT |
Verdaet et al., 2004 [77] |
BEL |
BELSTRESS study (subsample) |
NP |
n= 892 working men |
35-59 |
100% |
NP |
Education |
TLTPA |
de Vries et al., 2008 [78] |
NLD |
SMILE study |
2002 |
n= 9449 |
12+ |
42% |
NP |
Education |
TPA |
Wagner et al., 2003 [79] |
FRA IRE |
PRIME Study – France |
NP |
n FRA = 7359 |
50-59 |
100% |
NP |
Education Household wealth |
TLTPA VLTPA AT |
PRIME Study – Ireland |
n IRE = 2398 |
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Eastern European region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Drygas et al., 2009 [31] |
POL |
National Polish Health Survey, (WOBASZ, Project) |
2002-05 |
n= 12552 |
20-74 |
47% |
74-79% |
Income Education |
TLTPA |
Frömel et al., 2009 [80] |
CZE |
Czech physical activity, environment and SES study |
NP |
n= 9950 |
25-64 |
49% |
58% |
Individual SEP |
TPA VLTPA |
Jurakić et al., 2009 [81] |
HRZ |
Croatian physical activity study |
2007 |
n= 1032 |
15+ |
48% |
NP |
Income Education |
TPA OPA TLTPA AT |
Kaleta & Jegier, 2005 [32] |
POL |
Physical activity in Poland |
NP |
n= 508 employed |
adults (42 ± 10) |
54% |
47% |
Income Education |
TLTPA |
Kaleta & Jegier, 2007 [82] |
POL |
Physical activity in Poland |
NP |
n= 954 |
25-64 |
47% |
48% |
Income Education |
TLTPA |
Kwaśniewska et al., 2010 [28] |
POL |
The National Multicentre Health Survey (WOBASZ Project) |
2004-05 |
n= 7280 works/ studies outside home |
20-74 |
51% |
74-79% |
Income Education |
AT |
Leskošek et al., 2002 [83] |
SVN |
Sport participation in the Republic of Slovenia |
1998 |
n= 1768 |
18+ |
52% |
59% |
Education |
VLTPA |
Mišigoj-Durakoviæ et al., 2000 [84] |
HRZ |
Zagreb study |
1999 |
n= 594 employed |
20-65 |
50% |
20% |
Education |
OPA TLTPA VLTPA |
Nowak, 2010 [85] |
POL |
Western Poland active lifestyle survey |
2000-06 |
n= 3662 |
20-75 |
all female |
NP |
Education |
VLTPA |
Paulik et al., 2010 [86] |
HUN |
Health survey rural Hungary |
2006 |
n= 3380 living in small settlements |
18+ |
47% |
83% |
Education Household wealth |
VLTPA |
Pomerleau et al., 2000 [87] |
EST LVA LTU |
Three national surveys of adults |
1997 |
n EST = 2018 |
19-65 |
EST: 45% |
EST: 67% |
Income Education |
TLTPA VLTPA |
n LVA = |
|
LVA: |
LVA: |
||||||
2303 |
|
46% |
78% |
||||||
n LTU = 2140 |
|
LTU: 44% |
LTU: 73% |
||||||
Puska et al., 2003 [88] |
EST LTU FIN |
Finbalt project |
1994, 1996, 1998 |
n EST = 3808 |
20-64 |
EST: 44% |
EST: 68-83% |
Education |
TLTPA |
n LTU = 5716 |
|
LTU: 44% |
LTU: 62-69% |
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n FIN = 9608 |
|
FIN: 48% |
FIN: 70-72% |
||||||
Shapo et al., 2004 [89] |
ALB |
Health behaviours and health status in Tirana City |
2001 |
n= 1120 |
25+ |
48% |
73% |
Income Education |
TLTPA |
Stelmach et al., 2004 [90] |
POL |
CINDI programme (Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Disease Intervention Programme) |
2001-02 |
n= 1837 |
18-64 |
54% |
NP |
Income Education |
TLTPA |
Zaletel-Kragelj et al., 2006 [91] |
SVN |
CINDI Health Monitor |
2001 |
n= 7718 without disability |
25-64 |
47% |
64% |
Education Social class |
TPA |
Southern European region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Artazcoz et al., 2004 [92] |
ESP |
Catalonian Health Survey (CHS) |
1994 |
n= 2866 workers and housewives |
25-64 |
all female |
NP |
Education |
VLTPA |
Bolívar et al., 2010 [93] |
ESP |
Andalusia Health Survey |
1999, 2003 |
n= 13193 |
16+ |
49% |
NP |
Education Social class Neighb. SEP |
TLTPA |
Borrell et al., 2000a [94] |
ESP |
Barcelona Health Interview Survey |
1992 |
n= 4171 |
14+ |
47% |
91% |
Occupation |
TPA VLTPA |
Borrell et al., 2000b [95] |
ESP |
Barcelona Health Interview Survey |
1986 |
n 1986 = 7907 |
14+ |
1986: 46% |
88-93% |
Occupation |
TPA |
1992 |
n 1992 = 5004 |
|
1992: 47% |
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1994 |
n 1994 = 2155 |
|
1994: 44% |
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De Vogli et al., 2005 [96] |
ITA |
Health Determinants Surveillance System (HDSS) Survey |
2003 |
n= 3327 |
18-91 |
52% |
57% |
Social class |
TLTPA |
Gal et al., 2005 [97] |
PRT |
Porto health survey |
NP |
n= 2004 |
18+ |
39% |
70% |
Education Social class |
TPA TLTPA |
Lera-López & Rapún- Gárate, 2005 [98] |
ESP |
Sport participation and consumer expenditure in Navarra, Spain |
2004 |
n= 700 |
16-65 |
NP |
NP |
Income Education |
VLTPA |
Meseguer et al., 2009 [99] |
ESP |
Non-communicable Disease Risk Factor Surveillance System (NCDRFSS) |
2000-05 |
n= 12037 |
18-64 |
49% |
65% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Panagiotakos et al., 2008a [100] |
GRC |
ATTICA study |
2001-02 |
n= 3042 |
18+ |
50% |
75% |
Education |
TPA |
Panagiotakos et al., 2008b [101] |
GRC |
ATTICA study |
2001-02 |
n= 3042 |
18+ |
50% |
75% |
Education |
TPA |
Pascual et al., 2007 [102] |
ESP |
Spanish Health Study |
2001 |
n= 19324 |
16-74 |
49% |
85% |
Income Education Social class Neighb. SEP |
TLTPA |
Pascual et al., 2009 [103] |
ESP |
General survey on customs regarding media and leisure activities |
1999 |
n= 25982 |
25-74 |
49% |
70% |
Income Education Neighb. SEP |
VLTPA |
Pitsavos et al., 2005 [104] |
GRC |
ATTICA study |
2001-02 |
n= 3042 |
20-89 |
50% |
75% |
Income Education Social class |
VLTPA |
Santos et al., 2009 [105] |
PRT |
Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study |
2004 |
n= 9991 |
18-65 |
43% |
88% |
Income Education |
TPA |
Schröder et al., 2004 [106] |
ESP |
Gerona cardiovascular risk factor and lifestyle study |
1994-96 |
n= 1748 |
25-74 |
48% |
73% |
Education |
TLTPA VLTPA |
Scandinavian region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ali & Lindström, 2006 [107] |
SWE |
2000 public health survey in Scania |
2000 |
n= 5180 workforce or unemployed |
18-64 |
56% |
59% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Andersen et al., 2000 [108] |
DNK |
Copenhagen City Heart Study (CCHS) |
1964-92 |
n= 30640 |
20-93 |
56% |
69-95% |
Education |
TLTPA VLTPA AT |
Copenhagen Male Study (CMS) | |||||||||
Glostrup Population Study (GPS) (pooled) | |||||||||
Barengo et al., 2006 [109] |
FIN |
National FINRISK Study |
1972-97 |
n= 33712 |
30-59 |
49% |
71-95% |
Education Social class |
TPA |
Bergman et al., 2008 [110] |
SWE |
International Prevalence Study (IPS) Sweden |
2003 |
n= 1470 |
18-74 |
47% |
59% |
Income Education |
TPA |
Borodulin et al., 2008 [111] |
FIN |
National FINRISK Study |
2002 |
n= 4437 |
25-64 |
44% |
59-70% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Cubbin et al., 2006 [112] |
SWE |
Swedish Annual Level of Living Survey |
1996-2000 |
n= 10890 |
25-64 |
49% |
80% |
Individual SEP Neighb. SEP |
VLTPA |
Engström, 2008 [113] |
SWE |
Sport Habitus Study Sweden |
2007 |
n= 1518 |
53 |
NP |
77% |
Education |
VLTPA |
Häkkinen et al., 2006 [114] |
FIN |
Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort |
1998 |
n= 4343 |
31 |
46% |
76% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Henriksson et al., 2003 [115] |
SWE |
Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study in Southern Sweden (CRISS) |
1990 |
n 1990 = |
37 |
100% |
1990: |
Education |
TLTPA |
1993 |
991 |
40 |
|
68% |
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1996 |
n 1993 = 770 |
43 |
|
1993: 78% * |
|||||
|
n 1996 = 702 |
|
|
1996: 71% * |
|||||
|
|
|
*of baseline |
||||||
Hu et al., 200 [37] |
FIN |
National FINRISK Study |
1982, 1987, 1992 |
n= 14290 |
35-64 |
48% |
74-88% |
Education |
OPA TLTPA AT |
Kivimäki et al., 2007 [116] |
FIN |
Finnish Public Sector Study |
2000-02 |
n= 48592 |
17-65 |
19% |
68% |
Individual SEP |
TPA |
Korniloff et al., 2010 [117] |
FIN |
Finnish type 2 diabetes (FIN-D2D) survey |
2007 |
n= 2778 |
45–74 |
47% |
64% |
Income Education |
TLTPA |
Laaksonen et al., 2002 [118] |
FIN |
Finnish Adult Health Behaviour Survey |
1991-98 |
n= 26014 civil servants |
15-64 |
47% |
69-76% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Laaksonen et al., 2008 [119] |
FIN |
Finnish Adult Health Behaviour Survey |
1979-2001 |
n= 60608 |
25-64 |
48% |
62-86% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Lagerros et al., 2009 [120] |
SWE |
The Swedish National March Cohort |
1997 |
n= 42150 |
18-94 |
36% |
NP |
Education |
TPA |
Leijon et al., 2010 [121] |
SWE |
Public Health Survey Ostergotland County |
2006 |
n= 6966 |
18-84 |
45% |
54% |
Education Self-reported economy |
TPA |
Lindström et al., 2001 [122] |
SWE |
The Malmö Diet and Cancer Study |
1992-94 |
n= 11837 |
45-65 |
45% |
39% |
Social class |
TLTPA |
Lindström et al., 2003a [123] |
SWE |
The Malmö Public Health Survey |
1986, 1994 |
n= 3861 |
21-81 |
47% |
71-74% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Lindström et al., 2003b [124] |
SWE |
The Malmö Public Health Survey |
1994 |
n= 3377 |
20-80 |
NP |
71% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Mäkinen et al., 2009 [125] |
FIN |
Finnish Adult Health Behaviour Survey |
1978-2002 |
n= 50815 employed |
25-64 |
50% |
62-86% |
Income Education Social class |
TLTPA AT |
Mäkinen et al., 2010a [126] |
FIN |
The Health 2000 Survey |
2000-01 |
n=3355 employed |
30+ |
46% |
85-89% |
Social class |
OPA TLTPA |
Mäkinen et al., 2010b [127] |
FIN |
The Health 2000 Survey |
2000-01 |
n= 7112 |
30+ |
45% |
84-89% |
Income Education Social class |
TLTPA |
Mäkinen et al., 2010c [128] |
FIN |
National FINRISK study |
2002 |
n= 4408 |
25-64 |
44% |
60-70% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Molarius, 2003 [129] |
SWE |
Varmland County Survey |
2000 |
n= 6394 |
25-74 |
47% |
70% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Nielsen et al., 2006 [130] |
DNK |
Odense Androgen Study |
2002, 2003 |
n= 783 |
20-29 |
100% |
73% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Norman et al., 2002 [131] |
SWE |
COSM (cohort of Swedish men) |
1997 |
n= 33466 |
45-79 |
100% |
48% |
Education |
TPA TLTPA |
Novak et al., 2006 [132] |
SWE |
Swedish Cohort Study |
1981, 1995 |
n= 1044 |
16, 30 |
52% |
96% |
Education |
TPA |
Orsini et al., 2007 [133] |
SWE |
Swedish Mammography Study (SMC97) |
1997 |
n= 38988 |
40-75 |
all female |
70% |
Education |
TPA |
Osler et al., 2000 [134] |
DNK |
MONICA – Denmark |
1982-1984, 1987, 1991-92 |
n= 6695 |
30, 40, 50, 60 |
50% |
73-79% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Osler et al., 2001 [135] |
DNK |
Children of the Copenhagen City Heart Study |
1992 |
n= 317 |
19-31 |
51% |
52% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Osler et al., 2008 [136] |
DNK |
Metropolit cohort (1965) |
2004 |
n= 6292 |
51 |
100% |
66% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Petersen et al., 2010 [137] |
DNK |
Danish National Health Interview Survey |
1987 |
n 1987 = 4752 |
16+ |
49% |
1987: 80% |
Education |
TLTPA |
1994 |
n 1994 = 4667 |
|
|
1994: 78% |
|||||
2000 |
n 2000 = 16688 |
|
|
2000: 74% |
|||||
2005 |
n 2005 = 14566 |
|
|
2005: 67% |
|||||
Piro et al., 2007 [138] |
NOR |
Oslo Health Study (HUBRO) |
2000 |
n= 14608 |
30, 40, 45, 60 |
45% |
46% |
Income Education Neighb. SEP |
VLTPA |
Pudaric et al., 2000 [139] |
SWE |
Migrants in Sweden Study |
1988-89 |
n= 3100 |
55-74 |
47% |
80% |
Income |
TPA |
Pulkki et al., 2003a [140] |
FIN |
Cardiovascular Risks in Young Finns (CRYF) study |
1983, 1992 |
n= 1219 |
12-21, 21-30 |
44% |
62% |
Individual SEP |
TLTPA |
Pulkki et al., 2003b [141] |
FIN |
Cardiovascular Risks in Young Finns (CRYF) study |
1983, 1992 |
n= 1125 |
12-21, 21-30 |
58% |
57% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Salonen et al., 2010 [142] |
FIN |
Sub-study of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study |
2001-04 |
n= 1967 |
57-71 |
46% |
NP |
Education Social class |
TLTPA |
Schnohr et al., 2004 [143] |
DNK |
Copenhagen City Heart Study (CCHS) |
1967-86 |
n= 30635 |
20-93 |
53% |
NP |
Education |
TLTPA |
Copenhagen Male Study (CMS) | |||||||||
Glostrup Population Study (GPS) (pooled) | |||||||||
Simonen et al., 2003 [144] |
FIN |
Finnish Twin Cohort |
1975, 1981 |
n= 224 monozygotic twins |
35-69 |
NP |
82% |
Education |
VLTPA |
Sjögren & Stjernberg, 2010 [145] |
SWE |
Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC) |
2001-03 |
n= 999 |
60-96 |
45% |
61% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Strand & Tverdal, 2004 [146] |
NOR |
Cardiovascular disease study in Norway |
1970 |
n= 44684 |
35-49 |
51% |
91% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Strandhagen et al., 2010 [147] |
SWE |
The INTERGENE research programme |
2001-04 |
n= 3581 |
25-74 |
47% |
42% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Suadicani et al., 2001 [42] |
DNK |
Copenhagen Male Study |
1970-71 |
n= 5028 |
40-59 |
100% |
87% |
Social class |
OPA TLTPA |
Suadicani et al., 2005 [148] |
DNK |
Copenhagen Male Study |
1970-71 1985-86 |
n= 3290 |
40-74 |
100% |
75-87% |
Social class |
TLTPA |
Tammelin et al., 2003 [149] |
FIN |
Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort |
1998 |
n= 7794 |
31 |
46% |
75% |
Education |
TLTPA |
Wang et al., 2010 [34] |
FIN |
National FINRISK Study (pooled data) |
1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 |
n= 58208 |
24-74 |
49% |
65-88% |
Education |
OPA TLTPA AT |
Wemme & Rosvall, 2005 [150] |
SWE |
Scania Health Survey |
1999-2000 |
n= 7169 employed |
NP |
54% |
59% |
Education Social class |
TLTPA |
Anglo-Saxon region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adams, 2009 [151] |
GBR |
English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) |
2002 |
n= 10864 |
50+ |
47% |
NP |
Education |
TPA |
Adams, 2010 [29] |
GBR |
2005 UK Time Use Survey (part of National Statistics Omnibus Survey) |
2005 |
n= 3933 |
16+ |
48% |
49% |
Education Social class |
AT |
Allender et al., 2008 [15] |
GBR |
Health Survey for England |
2003 |
n= 13974 |
16+ |
45% |
66% |
Education Social class |
TPA TLTPA |
Amuzu et al., 2009 [152] |
GBR |
British Women’s Heart and Health Study |
1999-2001 |
n= 3522 |
60-79 |
all female |
NP |
Individual SEP Neighb. SEP |
TPA |
Bartley et al., 2000 [153] |
GBR |
Health and Lifestyle study (HALS) |
1984 |
n 1984 = 2176 |
20-64 |
100% |
NP |
Social class |
VLTPA |
Health Survey for England (HSfE) |
1993 |
n 1993 = 4723 |
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Bartley et al., 2004 [154] |
GBR |
Whitehall II Study |
1985-88 |
n= 5458 civil servants |
35-55 |
74% |
73% |
Social class |
TLTPA |
Chaudhury & Shelton, 2010 [155] |
GBR |
Health Survey for England (HSfE) |
2006 |
n= 1550 |
60-69 |
46% |
NP |
Income Social class Neighb. SEP |
TPA |
Ecob & Macintyre, 2000 [156] |
GBR |
West of Scotland 20–07 Study |
1987, 1988 |
n= 3036 |
15, 35, 55 |
NP |
NP |
Neighb. SEP |
VLTPA |
Harrison et al., 2006 [157] |
GBR |
Physical activity in North-West England |
2001 |
n= 15465 |
18+ |
45% |
70% |
Neighb. SEP Home owner |
TPA |
Heslop et al., 2001 [158] |
GBR |
Cohort of workers recruited from workplaces in Western Scotland between 1970 and 1973 |
1970-73 |
n= 958 employed |
working age |
all female |
70% |
Education Social class Neighb. SEP |
TLTPA |
Hillsdon et al., 2008 [159] |
GBR |
British Women's Heart and Health Study |
1999-2001 |
n= 4286 |
60-79 |
all female |
NP |
Individual SEP Neighb. SEP |
TPA |
Lahelma et al., 2010 [160] |
GBR FIN |
The London-based Whitehall II study (WHII) |
WHII: 1997-99 |
n WHII= 2678 |
WHII: 45– |
WHII: 76% HHS: |
WHII: 73% HHS: |
Social class |
TLTPA |
|
67% |
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The Helsinki Health Study (HHS) |
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|
17% |
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HHS: 2001-02 |
n HHS= 8960 |
60 |
|
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white collar employees |
HHS: 40-60 |
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Livingstone et al., 2001 [161] |
IRL |
North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey (NSIFCS) |
1997-99 |
n= 1379 |
18-64 |
48% |
NP |
Social class |
VLTPA |
Lunn, 2010 [162] |
IRL |
The Survey of Sport and Physical Exercise |
2003 |
n= 2896 |
18+ |
NP |
67% |
Income Education |
VLTPA |
Mein et al., 2005 [163] |
GBR |
Whitehall II study |
1997-99 |
n= 6224 |
45-69 |
72% |
71% |
Social class |
TLTPA |
civil servants | |||||||||
Mullineaux et al., 2001 [164] |
GBR |
Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey of English Adults (ADNFS) |
1990 |
n= 2005 |
16+ |
NP |
NP |
Education |
TPA |
Mutrie & Hannah, 2004 [165] |
GBR |
West of Scotland Twenty-07 study (3rd wave) |
1995-96 |
n= 2153 |
24, 44, 64 |
42% |
NP |
Social class |
OPA TLTPA |
Myint et al., 2006 [166] |
GBR |
EPIC study |
1993-97 |
n= 23085 |
40-79 |
46% |
NP |
Social class |
TPA |
Poortinga, 2007 [167] |
GBR |
Health Survey for England |
2003 |
n= 11617 |
16-64 |
NP |
NP |
Social class |
OPA VLTPA |
Popham & Mitchell, 2006 [168] |
GBR |
British Household Panel Survey |
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 |
n= 9473 |
18-64 |
48% |
74% |
Income Education Social class School type (fee-paying) |
TLTPA |
Popham & Mitchell, 2007 [16] |
GBR |
2003 Scottish Health Survey (SHS) |
2003 |
n= 5287 |
25-64 |
44% |
60% |
Individual SEP |
TPA OPA VLTPA |
Popham, 2010 [169] |
GBR |
2003 Scottish Health Survey (SHS) |
2003 |
n= 2770 |
35-54 |
NP |
60% |
Social class |
VLTPA |
Stamatakis & Chaudhury, 2008 [170] |
GBR |
Health Survey for England (HSfE) |
1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006 |
n= 60938 |
16+ |
45% |
61-71% |
Income Education Social class |
VLTPA |
Stringhini et al., 2010 [3] |
GBR |
Whitehall II cohort |
1985-88 |
n= 9590 |
35-55 |
68% |
73% |
Social class |
TLTPA |
civil servants | |||||||||
Wardle & Griffith, 2001 [171] |
GBR |
British Omnibus Study |
1999 |
n= 1790 |
16+ |
50% |
70% |
Social class |
VLTPA |
Wardle & Steptoe, 2003 [172] |
GBR |
British Omnibus Study |
2000 |
n= 1691 |
16+ |
45% |
62% |
Social class |
VLTPA |
Watt et al., 2009 [173] | GBR | British Women’s Heart and Health Study | 1999-2001 | n= 3523 | 60-79 | all female | NP | Individual SEP | TPA |
a EU = European Union, ALB = Albania, BEL = Belgium, CZE = Czech Republic, DEU = Germany , DNK = Denmark, ESP = Spain, EST = Estonia, FIN = Finland, FRA = France, GBR = United Kingdom, GRC = Greece, HRZ = Croatia (local name is Hrvatska), HUN = Hungary, IRL = Ireland, ITA = Italy, LTU = Lithuania, LVA = Latvia, NLD = The Netherlands, NOR = Norway, POL = Poland, PRT = Portugal, SVN = Slovenia, SWE = Sweden, SWI = Switzerland.
b Sample characteristics only provided when a specific subsample from the population was studied (e.g. working people, civil servants, etc.).
c NP = Not Provided.
d SEP = socioeconomic position, Neighb. = neighbourhood, Individual SEP = composite measure of different individual SEP indicators.
e PA = Physical Activity, TPA = Total Physical Activity, OPA = Occupational Physical Activity, TLTPA = Total Leisure-time Physical Activity, VLTPA = Vigorous Leisure-time Physical Activity, AT = Active Transport.