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. 2016 Mar 4;13(3):287. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13030287

Table 5.

Associations between individual determinants, type of day, weather, neighborhood, and daily MVPA.

Variables Total b Home b Other Residential Area b Residential & Shopping Area f Shopping Area b Work-Place b Small Green Area f Larger Green Area f Sports Facilities f Transport b Other b
Intercept 50.23 8.73 18.31 3.53 17.48 21.17 14.83 4.63 5.54 11.64 14.37
Socio-demographics
Age (Ref.: 45–50 years)
51–55 years +0.16 −0.06 −0.77
56–60 years +2.13 * +1.20 −4.88
>60 years +2.08 * −2.94 ** −7.61 **
Ethnicity (Ref.: autochthonous)
Western −10.69 ** −3.43 ** −2.68 ** −3.07 ** −3.26 −3.82 ** −4.64 **
Non-Western +1.43 −0.31 −2.12 * −0.12 −3.32 ** −4.82 * −1.99 **
Health-related determinants
Health status (Ref.: Very good)
Good −2.40 −3.90 ** −2.32 ** −3.65 ** +0.52 +0.59
Fair −5.19 ** −2.21 ** −3.74 ** −2.62 ** −3.21 ** +6.00 **
Poor −9.70 ** −0.17 −6.52 ** −2.40 −3.66 ** +6.82 **
Very poor −27.83 ** −2.71 −12.08 ** −6.20 ** −5.40 ** −3.03 **
BMI (Ref.: healthy weight)
Overweight −10.02 ** −3.98 ** −0.56 −4.51 ** −2.28 **
Obesity -11.90 ** −7.45 ** −2.68 ** −2.89 ** −5.43 **
Work and education
Employed −6.67 ** −3.98 ** −6.11 ** −2.29 **
Education (Ref.: lower education)
Middle −6.48 ** −7.69 ** +0.80 −3.06
Higher −5.72 * −10.29 ** −6.17 ** −4.66 **
Household structure
Female +2.48** +1.68 ** NA −3.30 **
Having a partner −1.87 ** NA −2.09 **
Partner is employed +3.53** NA −1.84 **
Having a child aged ≤ 4 −16.41 ** −7.18** −2.33** −3.17 ** NA −4.42 * +5.62 ** −8.03 **
Having a child aged 4–11 NA −10.74 ** −2.87 ** +3.56 *
Having a child aged 11–17 −2.29 * NA −2.73 **
Having a dog +16.11 ** +7.19** +5.32 ** −3.23 ** NA -4.21 ** +4.28 **
Car ownership, garden
Car ownership (Ref.: no car)
1 car +0.43 −11.61 ** +7.17 ** +1.32 +0.92
≥ 2 cars +5.69 ** −16.11 ** +8.33 ** −2.59 ** +5.01 **
Having a garden (Ref.: no garden) NA
Garden at home −3.83 ** −3.60 ** +5.70 ** −1.55 ** +1.82 **
Garden elsewhere +9.53 ** −1.43 +21.21 ** +2.32 +2.30
Day of the week
Weekend day (Ref.: weekday) +8.76 ** +4.43 ** +2.17 * NA +6.41 **
Neighborhood
Neighborhood (Ref.: Oude Noorden)
Kralingen-West +1.70 +7.17 ** +2.19 * +5.44 −4.27 ** -4.15 * −1.40 +8.95 ** +0.20 −3.73 **
Zuid-Oost +8.68 ** +7.17 ** +0.29 −0.58 −2.74 ** -8.63 ** −8.80 * +6.91 ** +7.47 ** −6.14 **
West +5.55 * +3.65 * +2.44 ** −2.08 * −3.20 ** -7.06 ** −11.59 ** +10.04 ** +5.32 ** −6.19 **
Weather
Max. temperature (°C) (Ref.: ≤ 7.6°C) a
7.6 < °C ≤ 13.2 +0.77 +2.61 ** +3.11 *
13.2 < °C ≤ 16.6 +5.56 * +3.66 ** +6.87 **
°C > 16.6 +6.17 * +3.66 * +6.72
Sunshine (hours) (Ref.: h ≤ 0.3) a
0.3 < h ≤ 2.8 +2.03 *
2.8 < h ≤ 6.9 +1.29
h > 6.9 +0.46
Wind speed (m/s) (Ref.: ≤ 2.5) a
2.5 < m/s ≤ 3.3 −5.14 ** −3.66 **
3.3 < m/s ≤ 4.3 +2.34 −0.14
m/s > 4.3 +2.30 +0.17

Note: * p-value < 0.1, ** p-value < 0.05. NA = not assessed. a Dummy variables were created based on cut off values for 4 equal categories, as obtained in SPSS. b Backward selection procedure. f Forward selection procedure: backward procedure could not be performed since this blew up the model.