Table 3.

Programmatic Variables

	Nonadherers (%), n = 112	Adherers (%), n = 415	p
Motivation and Barriers
Top 3 reasons you joined program
physical	93	92	.931
medical	80	82	.320
mental/emotional	41	31	.048
social	21	30	.034
referral	18	21	.397
Top 3 reasons you stopped strength training in a group (if applicable)a
lack of time/too busy	44	20	.001
class no longer offered	33	32	.949
health condition	21	7	.001
scheduling conflicts	20	21	.667
location	14	14	.927
boredom	13	4	.017
prefer to do it at home	8	29	<.001
doctor advised against it	4	1	<.211
didn’t like strength training	4	0	.076
Class Specifics
I was satisfied with the space.	91	98	.001
Class length was good/right for me.	97	99	.164
Content was what I expected.	100	98	.604
Content was what I wanted.	96	97	.512
Social factors encourage me.	80	78	.807
I rarely, if ever, skipped class.	92	95	.047
My class was through extension.	42	50	.177
Class always began on time.	97	99	.228

Note. Because of the nature of survey data, sample size varies by question. Sample size range for nonadherers, n = 104–112, and adherers, n = 360–415.

^aSample size for nonadherers, n = 104, adherers, n = 157.