Table 6.
Summary of results.
| Hypothesis | Result |
|---|---|
| Hypothesis 1: Unemployment will be associated with negative changes in physical activity participation. | Men: Not supported |
| Women: Not supported | |
| Hypothesis 2: Unemployment will be associated with positive changes in physical activity participation. | Men: Not supported |
| Women: Supported | |
| Hypothesis 3: The association between unemployment and changes in physical activity participation will differ by gender. | Between: Supported |
| Hypothesis 4: An individual's unemployment will be associated with concordant changes in physical activity participation for both the individual and the individual's partner. | Men: Not supported |
| Women: Not supported | |
| Hypothesis 5: The unemployment of the male partner will be associated with larger changes in physical activity participation for both men and women, compared to the unemployment of the female partner. | Men: Not supported |
| Women: Partially supporteda | |
| Hypothesis 6: Unemployment will be associated with changes in physical activity participation at the intensive margin but not at the extensive margin. | Men: Not supported |
| Women: Supported |
a
The hypothesis is supported only if we assign a negative direction to the changes. For a positive direction, it is not supported.