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. 2016 Jun 2;4:e2066. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2066

Table 2. Estimated prevalence of European people’s physical activity in the last seven days by socio-demographic characteristics.

Men (n = 18, 272) Women (n = 21, 006)
Number of times of PA in the last seven days (≥30 min/day) (95% CI) p Number of times of PA in the last seven days (≥30 min/day) (95% CI) p
Agea 0.005 <0.001
18–24 4.81 (4.72–4.89) 4.58 (4.50–4.67)
25–34 4.86 (4.79–4.94) 4.99 (4.92–5.06)
35–44 4.92 (4.84–4.99) 5.12 (5.05–5.19)
45–54 4.98 (4.91–5.05) 5.15 (5.08–5.21)
55–64 4.98 (4.91–5.06) 5.26 (5.19–5.32)
Education levela <0.001 <0.001
Primary 4.51 (4.34–4.68) 4.77 (4.62–4.91)
Secondary 5.06 (5.02–5.09) 5.17 (5.13–5.21)
Tertiary 4.55 (4.48–4.63) 4.85 (4.79–4.91)
Occupationa <0.001 <0.001
Employed 5.02 (4.98–5.06) 5.10 (5.06–5.14)
Unemployed 4.80 (4.69–4.90) 5.05 (4.95–5.15)
Students 4.62 (4.51–4.72) 4.44 (4.34–4.54)
Retired 4.98 (4.84–5.12) 5.39 (5.27–5.50)
Living placea <0.001 <0.001
Urban area 4.84 (4.79–4.90) 5.00 (4.94–5.05)
Town or small city 4.76 (4.70–4.82) 4.93 (4.87–4.98)
Rural areas 5.11 (5.06–5.17) 5.24 (5.18–5.29)
Partnership statusb <0.001 <0.001
Live without partner 4.82 (4.76–4.87) 4.83 (4.78–4.89)
Live with partner 4.98 (4.94–5.02) 5.18 (5.14–5.22)
Children living at homeb 0.001 <0.001
No 4.87 (4.82–4.91) 4.90 (4.85–4.94)
Yes 4.99 (4.94–5.04) 5.20 (5.16–5.24)
Members of householda <0.001 <0.001
1 person 4.75 (4.65–4.85) 4.85 (4.74–4.95)
2 people 4.87 (4.80–4.94) 5.08 (5.02–5.14)
3–4 people 4.96 (4.92–5.01) 5.03 (4.98–5.08)
≥5 people 5.00 (4.92–5.09) 5.24 (5.17–5.32)
Citizenship statusb 0.700 0.825
National 4.92 (4.89–4.96) 5.06 (5.03–5.09)
Immigrant 4.89 (4.74–5.04) 5.05 (4.89–5.20)
Household incomea <0.001 0.005
1st to 3rd decile 4.87 (4.79–4.94) 5.09 (5.02–5.16)
4th to 7th decile 4.98 (4.92–5.04) 5.08 (5.03–5.14)
8th to 10th decile 4.79 (4.72–4.85) 4.96 (4.89–5.02)

Notes.

PA
physical activity
a

Tested by ANOVA, followed by Tukey’s HSD test.

b

Tested by t-test for independent samples.