Table 4.

Factors associated with the recommended amount of PA among older adults in Taiwan.

Variables	Achieve		Not Achieve		χ2
	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	431	49.1	572	42.8	8.42 **
Female	447	50.9	764	57.2
Age (years)
<70	336	38.2	434	32.5	13.48 ***
70–79	421	48.0	649	48.6
80+	121	13.8	253	18.9
Level of education
Illiterate	188	21.4	428	32.4	79.47 ***
literate	125	14.3	250	18.9
≤6 years	268	30.6	401	30.3
≥7 years	296	33.8	244	18.4
Spouse
Yes	623	71.0	838	62.7	16.00 ***
No	255	29.0	498	37.3
Employment
Yes	112	12.8	278	20.8	23.82 ***
No	766	87.2	1056	79.2
Smoking
Yes	208	23.7	324	24.3	0.09
No	670	76.3	1012	75.7
Alcohol consumption
Yes	345	39.3	514	38.5	0.15
No	533	60.7	822	61.5
No. of diseases
0	317	36.1	526	39.4	5.70
1	365	41.6	488	36.5
≥2	196	22.3	322	24.1

Achieve: physical activity ≥150 min/week. Not achieve: physical activity <150 min/week; ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.