Table 1.
Socioeconomic characteristics of walkers participating in each surveya
| 2010 (n = 1984) | 2011 (n = 2796) | 2012 (n = 3585) | 2015 (n = 1601) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Female | Male | All | Female | Male | All | Male | Female | ||
| Age (Mean, SD) | Data not available | 63.9 (11.9) | 62.9 (12.2) | 67.5 (9.9) | 64.3 (11.8) | 63.5 (12.0) | 67.3 (10.6) | 64.6 (10.0) | 63.6 (9.9) | 68.4 (9.1) |
| Age group (%) | Data not available | |||||||||
| 15–29 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | |
| 30–39 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | |
| 40–49 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 1.5 | |
| 50–59 | 16.1 | 18.0 | 8.9 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 10.7 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 8.0 | |
| 60–69 | 39.9 | 39.2 | 42.5 | 40.8 | 41.5 | 38.0 | 48.3 | 50.0 | 41.9 | |
| 70–79 | 27.3 | 25.0 | 35.8 | 27.1 | 24.6 | 36.2 | 26.3 | 23.0 | 39.1 | |
| 80+ | 5.6 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 7.3 | |
| Sex (%) | Data not available | |||||||||
| Female | 79.2 | 78.5 | 79.5 | |||||||
| Male | 20.8 | 21.5 | 20.5 | |||||||
| Household structure (%) | ||||||||||
| Person living alone | 25.7 | 27.6 | 30.4 | 17.1 | 26.7 | 28.7 | 19.3 | 25.7 | 27.4 | 19.3 |
| Couple only | 50.7 | 51.9 | 47.3 | 69.1 | 51.8 | 48.2 | 65.0 | 54.0 | 50.9 | 66.4 |
| Couple living with their child(ren) | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 7.3 |
| Single person living with their child(ren) | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Adult living at home with parents | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Group household | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Other | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| Prefer not to say | 4.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.9 |
| Household Income (%) | ||||||||||
| Below $25,000 | 24.2 | 25.5 | 25.8 | 24.2 | 22.6 | 22.7 | 22.5 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 18.0 |
| $25,000–$40,000 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 16.9 | 27.5 | 19.1 | 17.9 | 23.6 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 17.4 |
| $40,001 to $55,000 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 10.7 |
| $55,001 to $70,000 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 8.3 |
| $70,001 to $85,000 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| $85,001 to $100,000 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| $100,001 to $120,000 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| Over $120,000 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Prefer not to say | 34.4 | 27.2 | 29.1 | 19.9 | 28.7 | 30.6 | 21.4 | 34.8 | 36.2 | 29.1 |
aTable indicates the numbers included in each set of analyses