Table 1.
Associations between demographic characteristics and type of PA participation in the past two weeks
| Cross-tabulation (Bivariate) | Ordinal logistic regression (Multivariate) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No PA | Non-sport PA | Sport PA | Total | p-value* | OR | 95% CI | p-value** | |||||
| Predictor | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||||
| Sex | 2720 | 15.3 | 7382 | 41.5 | 7667 | 43.1 | 17,769 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
| Male | 1359 | 15.2 | 2852 | 32.0 | 4699 | 52.7 | 8910 | ref | ||||
| Female | 1361 | 15.4 | 4530 | 51.1 | 2968 | 33.5 | 8859 | 0.53 | 0.48–0.58 | |||
| Age Range | 2696 | 15.4 | 7248 | 41.3 | 7608 | 43.3 | 17,552 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
| 15–29 years | 766 | 16.9 | 1149 | 25.4 | 2609 | 57.7 | 4524 | ref | ||||
| 30–49 years | 1097 | 16.4 | 2816 | 42.2 | 2766 | 41.4 | 6678 | 0.70 | 0.59–0.83 | |||
| 50+ years | 834 | 13.1 | 3283 | 51.7 | 2233 | 35.2 | 6349 | 0.62 | 0.54–0.72 | |||
| Education | 2720 | 15.3 | 7382 | 41.5 | 7667 | 43.1 | 17,769 | < 0.001 | 0.001 | |||
| < Year 12, still at school | 856 | 17.1 | 1911 | 38.3 | 2227 | 44.6 | 4994 | ref | ||||
| Highest level of secondary school | 577 | 15.7 | 1503 | 40.9 | 1598 | 43.5 | 3678 | 0.98 | 0.85–1.12 | |||
| Undergraduate diploma, Certificate or Trade qualification | 589 | 15.7 | 1686 | 44.9 | 1484 | 39.5 | 3760 | 0.99 | 0.87–1.13 | |||
| University degree or higher | 698 | 13.1 | 2282 | 42.7 | 2358 | 44.2 | 5338 | 1.22 | 1.08–1.38 | |||
| Employment | 2703 | 15.3 | 7312 | 41.5 | 7614 | 43.2 | 17,629 | < 0.001 | 0.008 | |||
| Full time | 1332 | 16.7 | 3022 | 37.9 | 3628 | 45.5 | 7981 | ref | ||||
| Part time | 576 | 14.4 | 1711 | 42.8 | 1711 | 42.8 | 3999 | 1.18 | 1.05–1.33 | |||
| Other*** | 796 | 14.1 | 2579 | 45.7 | 2274 | 40.3 | 5649 | 1.15 | 1.03–1.29 | |||
| Marital status | 2705 | 15.3 | 7343 | 41.5 | 7631 | 43.2 | 17,678 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
| Not married | 1009 | 13.9 | 2723 | 37.4 | 3546 | 48.7 | 7278 | ref | ||||
| Married (includes defacto) | 1696 | 16.3 | 4619 | 44.4 | 4085 | 39.3 | 10,400 | 0.79 | 0.72–0.87 | |||
| Language spoken at home | 2720 | 15.3 | 7382 | 41.5 | 7667 | 43.1 | 17,769 | 0.492 | 0.196 | |||
| English | 2407 | 15.2 | 6612 | 41.8 | 6802 | 43.0 | 15,820 | ref | ||||
| Other than English | 313 | 16.1 | 771 | 39.5 | 865 | 44.4 | 1949 | 0.90 | 0.77–1.05 | |||
| Has condition that restricts life | 2717 | 15.3 | 7377 | 41.6 | 7660 | 43.1 | 17,754 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 2283 | 14.8 | 6186 | 40.1 | 6956 | 45.1 | 15,425 | ref | ||||
| Yes | 434 | 18.7 | 1191 | 51.1 | 704 | 30.2 | 2329 | 0.64 | 0.57–0.72 | |||
| Number of children aged under 18 at home | 2716 | 15.3 | 7381 | 41.6 | 7664 | 43.2 | 17,761 | 0.002 | 0.031 | |||
| None | 1777 | 14.5 | 5055 | 41.2 | 5430 | 44.3 | 12,263 | ref | ||||
| One | 348 | 18.7 | 835 | 44.9 | 677 | 36.4 | 1860 | 0.80 | 0.67–0.96 | |||
| Two | 379 | 16.1 | 958 | 40.6 | 1021 | 43.3 | 2358 | 1.06 | 0.9–1.24 | |||
| Three or more | 212 | 16.5 | 533 | 41.6 | 536 | 41.8 | 1281 | 1.00 | 0.81–1.22 | |||
| SEIFA IRSAD 2011 | 2717 | 15.3 | 7381 | 41.6 | 7665 | 43.2 | 17,764 | 0.005 | 0.574 | |||
| quintile 1 (Most disadvantaged) | 512 | 17.3 | 1205 | 40.8 | 1233 | 41.8 | 2949 | ref | ||||
| quintile 2 | 565 | 16.3 | 1346 | 38.9 | 1552 | 44.8 | 3463 | 1.10 | 0.94–1.28 | |||
| quintile 3 | 563 | 15.6 | 1555 | 43.0 | 1495 | 41.4 | 3613 | 0.98 | 0.85–1.13 | |||
| quintile 4 | 559 | 15.4 | 1472 | 40.4 | 1610 | 44.2 | 3640 | 1.03 | 0.89–1.19 | |||
| quintile 5 (Most advantaged) | 518 | 12.7 | 1804 | 44.0 | 1775 | 43.3 | 4097 | 1.06 | 0.92–1.22 | |||
Notes: OR odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, ref Reference category; * Chi-squared analysis; ** Ordinal regression; ***Other = unemployed+not in labour force