Table 2. Effects of sports activity (‘treatment’) on women with different number of years in education.
| Outcome variable | High edu level non-active women (n = 970) | High edu level active women (n = 605) | Low edu level non-active women (n = 1,689) | Low edu level active women (n = 541) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| treatment group (n = 241) | difference | treatment group (n = 374) | difference | treatment group (n = 275) | difference | treatment group (n = 267) | difference | |
| Sport participation | ||||||||
| Sport 2015 | 0.518 | 0.260*** | 0.800 | 0.344*** | 0.407 | 0.274*** | 0.653 | 0.291*** |
| >1 category of sport activity 2015 | 0.131 | 0.087*** | 0.339 | 0.180*** | 0.064 | 0.044*** | 0.214 | 0.165*** |
| Health and physical conditions | ||||||||
| BMI 2015 | 25.713 | -0.426 | 25.168 | -0.068 | 27.376 | 0.431 | 26.614 | -0.050 |
| Dissatisfaction with health 2015 | 2.857 | -0.154* | 2.718 | -0.047 | 3.143 | -0.142* | 3.063 | -0.064 |
| Physical problems 2015 | 0.589 | -0.048 | 0.566 | -0.009 | 0.753 | -0.020 | 0.771 | 0.029 |
| Health problems 2015 | 0.553 | -0.009 | 0.504 | 0.005 | 0.648 | -0.042 | 0.671 | -0.016 |
| Seriously ill 2014 | 0.136 | 0.032 | 0.076 | -0.019 | 0.126 | -0.023 | 0.086 | -0.076*** |
| Tiredness not-related to work 2015 | 0.372 | -0.129*** | 0.447 | 0.038 | 0.438 | -0.046 | 0.459 | 0.007 |
| Too much alcohol 2014 | 0.052 | 0.031** | 0.029 | 0.011 | 0.060 | 0.039*** | 0.023 | -0.003 |
| Life attitiudes | ||||||||
| No decrease in energy to work 2015 | 0.757 | 0.077** | 0.776 | 0.052 | 0.634 | 0.121*** | 0.670 | 0.075* |
| Entire life delightful or pleasing 2015 | 0.553 | 0.089** | 0.535 | 0.020 | 0.391 | 0.060* | 0.446 | 0.027 |
| Lust for life 2015 | 8.974 | 0.198* | 8.886 | 0.060 | 8.706 | 0.337*** | 8.567 | -0.086 |
| Achieving goals > fun 2015 | 0.673 | -0.022 | 0.694 | 0.043 | 0.675 | 0.061* | 0.588 | -0.042 |
| Success depended on her/himself 2015 | 0.795 | 0.039 | 0.801 | -0.011 | 0.675 | 0.042 | 0.702 | -0.002 |
| Fun is the most important thing 2015 | 0.505 | 0.001 | 0.475 | -0.041 | 0.644 | 0.012 | 0.671 | 0.011 |
| Social activities | ||||||||
| Member of sports club 2015 | 0.004 | 0.003 | 0.008 | 0.002 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.000 | - |
| Number of friends 2015 | 6.395 | 0.728* | 5.961 | 0.266 | 6.451 | 1.110** | 7.701 | 0.457 |
| Number of acquaint. met regularly 2015 | 6.373 | -0.077 | 8.222 | 1.823*** | 5.255 | 0.268 | 6.020 | 0.165 |
| Number of friends met regularly 2015 | 5.098 | 0.374 | 5.894 | 1.092*** | 4.337 | 0.318 | 5.446 | 0.083 |
| Most people can be trusted 2015 | 0.270 | 0.116*** | 0.178 | 0.007 | 0.121 | -0.031 | 0.127 | 0.027 |
| Work for local society 2013–2014 | 0.177 | 0.008 | 0.261 | -0.005 | 0.179 | 0.084*** | 0.214 | 0.018 |
| Member of organisations 2015 | 0.220 | -0.020 | 0.314 | 0.115** | 0.172 | 0.077*** | 0.147 | 0.000 |
| Took part in public meeting 2015 | 0.257 | 0.039 | 0.302 | 0.010 | 0.228 | 0.066** | 0.243 | -0.027 |
| Voluntary activities 2015 | 0.081 | -0.001 | 0.119 | 0.016 | 0.103 | 0.062*** | 0.101 | 0.027 |
| Voted in elections 2014 | 0.790 | -0.011 | 0.829 | 0.035 | 0.716 | 0.014 | 0.783 | 0.005 |
The table presents results of matching estimation for women stratified by number of years in the education system and past SA. For each stratum and each outcome variable, two values are reported: value of the outcome variable for the treated group (i.e. active in 2013; left column) and estimated difference between the treated group and the non-treated group (i.e. inactive in 2013; right column). For the latter, significance is denoted using asterisks
*** p < 0.010
** p < 0.050
* p < 0.100. For the sample sizes, only observations on common support are reported (3.9–10% observations were off common support–with the highest for the active low-education group).