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. 2013 Dec;47(6):1112–1122. doi: 10.1590/S0034-8910.2013047004904

Table 4.

Prevalence of older individuals insufficiently active in leisure time, unadjusted prevalence ratios and respective 95% confidence intervals. Maceió, AL, Northeastern Brazil, 2009.

Variable N n % Unadjusted PR 95%CI χ2 w p
Total 319 243 76.2        
Male 97 64 66.0 1      
  Female 222 179 80.6 1.22 1.04;1.43 6.29 0.0122
Age (years)           19.50 0.0001
  60|- 70 179 122 68.2 1      
  70|- 80 102 86 84.3 1.24 1.09;1.41 10.21 0.0014
  80|- 90 38 35 92.1 1.35 1.18;1.55 18.64 < 0.0001
Schooling (years)           7.73 0.0520
  Illiterate 99 77 77.8 1.60 1.11;2.32 6.37 0.0116
  1 to 3 148 118 79.7 1.64 1.15;2.36 7.29 0.0069
  4 to 7 39 32 82.1 1.69 1.16;2.48 7.32 0.0068
  8 or more 33 16 48.5 1      
Monthly per capita income (minimum wages)           21.69 0.0001
  < 1 105 92 87.6 1.84 1.41;2.39 20.31 < 0.0001
  1|- 3 133 109 82.0 1.72 1.32;2.24 15.82 0.0001
  3|- 5 16 11 68.8 1.44 0.95;2.19 2.95 0.0857
  ≥ 5 65 31 47.7 1      
Marital status           3.98 0.2633
  Single 26 19 73.1 1.30 0.80;2.12 1.09 0.2963
  Married/Civil partnership 146 109 74.7 1.33 0.85;2.07 1.57 0.2097
  Divorced/Separated 16 9 56.3 1      
  Widowed 131 106 80.9 1.44 0.93;2.23 2.62 0.1054
Family composition              
  Living alone 30 17 56.7 1      
  Not living alone 289 226 78.2 1.38 1.00;1.90 3.92 0.0477
Number of diseases           18.34 0.0004
  None 12 9 75.0 1      
  1 114 76 66.7 0.89 0.63;1.26 0.43 0.5113
  2 162 129 79.6 1.06 0.76;1.49 0.12 0.7266
  3 or more 31 29 93.5 1.25 0.89;1.25 1.63 0.2020
Physical health           12.12 0.0023
  Satisfactory 186 138 74.2 1      
  Regular 82 59 72.0 0.97 0.83;1.14 0.14 0.7061
  Unsatisfactory 51 46 90.2 1.22 1.07;1.38 9.53 0.0020
Comparable physical health           29.22 < 0.0001
  Satisfactory 225 163 72.4 1      
  Regular 65 52 80.0 1.10 0.95;1.28 1.78 0.1824
  Unsatisfactory 29 28 96.6 1.30 1.20;1.48 28.24 < 0.0001
Mental health           5.32 0.0698
  Satisfactory 177 135 76.3 1      
  Regular 103 74 71.8 0.94 0.81;1.09 0.64 0.4228
  Unsatisfactory 39 34 87.2 1.14 0.99;1.32 3.23 0.0722
Comparable mental health           3.79 0.1503
  Satisfactory 207 156 75.4 1      
  Regular 87 65 74.7 0.99 0.86;1.15 0.01 0.9068
  Unsatisfactory 25 22 88.0 1.17 0.99;1.38 3.42 0.0645

χ2 w: Wald Chi-square test