Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of sample socio-demographic and accelerometer wear-time
| ALL CITIES | BEL | BRA | COL | CZE | DEN | HK | MEX | NZ | UK | USA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographics | City A | City B | City C | City D | City E | City F | |||||||||
| N with ≥1 day valid PA data | 6,712 | 1,040 | 331 | 107 | 252 | 273 | 257 | 625 | 426 | 448 | 463 | 425 | 147 | 1,213 | 705 |
| Age, years Mean (SD) |
43 (12) | 43 (13) | 42 (13) | 44 (11) | 37 (14) | 40 (14) | 43 (13) | 42 (13) | 42 (12) | 42 (12) | 40 (13) | 42 (12) | 43 (13) | 44 (11) | 47 (10) |
| Gender, %men | 46.2 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 30.8 | 34.5 | 39.2 | 42.8 | 44.3 | 35.9 | 40.0 | 48.2 | 45.4 | 50.3 | 55.2 | 47.8 |
| Education, % | |||||||||||||||
| Less than HS | 11.0 | 4.4 | 27.2 | 51.4 | 21.4 | 7.3 | 35.8 | 45.1 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 10.1 | 38.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| HS graduate | 39.6 | 33.0 | 32.3 | 36.5 | 45.6 | 42.5 | 25.3 | 27.4 | 58.2 | 64.5 | 46.2 | 56.7 | 46.9 | 35.2 | 31.1 |
| College or more | 48.4 | 62.6 | 40.5 | 12.2 | 32.9 | 50.2 | 38.9 | 27.5 | 39.2 | 31.0 | 53.1 | 33.2 | 14.3 | 63.6 | 66.9 |
| Employment status, %employed - all | 79.2 | 80.8 | 79.8 | 64.5 | 76.2 | 75.5 | 63.0 | 72.2 | 78.2 | 84.6 | 87.0 | 82.4 | 61.9 | 81.5 | 83.5 |
| - among men | 85.5 | 85.0 | 88.7 | 90.9 | 85.1 | 75.7 | 75.5 | 88.8 | 86.3 | 88.3 | 88.3 | 84.5 | 67.6 | 87.1 | 85.5 |
| - among women | 73.8 | 76.9 | 71.5 | 52.7 | 71.5 | 75.3 | 53.7 | 58.9 | 73.6 | 82.2 | 85.8 | 80.6 | 56.2 | 74.5 | 81.8 |
| Marital status, %couple | 64.6 | 73.7 | 59.2 | 64.5 | 58.7 | 69.2 | 56.4 | 65.3 | 72.7 | 75.0 | 56.8 | 55.8 | 44.2 | 63.8 | 61.1 |
| Accelerometer wear-time variables | |||||||||||||||
| Valid weekdays Mean (SD) |
4.7 (1.1) | 4.9 (0.9) | 4.9 (1.1) | 5.0 (0.8) | 4.2 (1.3) | 5.1 (0.7) | 4.1 (1.1) | 4.2 (0.9) | 4.3 (1.3) | 4.4 (1.2) | 4.5 (1.1) | 4.5 (1.3) | 4.5 (1.2) | 5.0 (0.9) | 5.1 (1.0) |
| Valid weekend days Mean (SD) |
1.9 (0.5) | 1.9 (0.4) | 1.9 (0.5) | 1.8 (0.6) | 1.7 (0.5) | 1.9 (0.3) | 1.8 (0.5) | 1.8 (0.6) | 1.8 (0.6) | 1.9 (0.7) | 2.1 (0.7) | 1.9 (0.6) | 1.8 (0.4) | 1.9 (0.4) | 1.9 (0.5) |
| Valid hours / day Mean (SD) |
14.3 (1.5) | 14.7 (1.3) | 13.7 (1.3) | 13.8 (1.3) | 13.6 (1.6) | 14.9 (1.2) | 14.3 (1.5) | 13.9 (1.4) | 14.0 (1.3) | 14.0 (1.4) | 13.9 (1.3) | 13.8 (1.4) | 14.3 (1.5) | 14.5 (1.5) | 14.6 (1.6) |
Notes: City A: North Shore, B: Waitakere, C: Wellington, D: Christchurch, E: Seattle, F: Baltimore; HS High school, MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range; valid days of accelerometer wear are those with 10+ valid hours of wear