Table 2.
The percentage of people that reported that they visit natural areas “often” (* p < 0.05; CI—confidence interval).
| Population | Before COVID-19 | During COVID-19 | Difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | ||
| Total | 2059 | 65.98 (64.27; 67.69) | 79.02 (77.26; 80.78) | +13.04 (14.77; 11.31) * | |
| Age | <70 years | 1680 | 63.43 (61.52; 65.34) | 77.56 (75.56; 79.56) | +14.13 (16.08; 12.18) * |
| ≥70 years | 379 | 77.31 (73.71; 80.9) | 85.49 (81.93; 89.05) | +8.18 (11.83; 4.53) * | |
| Sex | men | 920 | 62.25 (59.58; 64.92) | 73.91 (71.07; 76.76) | +11.66 (14.21; 9.11) * |
| women | 1139 | 69 (66.8; 71.19) | 83.14 (80.97; 85.32) | +14.15 (16.5; 11.79) * | |
| Education | primary | 113 | 67.89 (60.06; 75.71) | 71.68 (63.25; 80.12) | +3.79 (10.66; −3.08) |
| secondary | 554 | 64.7 (61.32; 68.07) | 75.63 (72.05; 79.22) | +10.93 (14.3; 7.56) * | |
| higher | 1378 | 66.54 (64.48; 68.59) | 81.06 (78.99; 83.13) | +14.52 (16.64; 12.41) * | |
| Ethnic origin | born in SSB 1 | 1806 | 67.32 (65.51; 69.14) | 80.95 (79.14; 82.77) | +13.63 (15.42; 11.84) * |
| not born in SSB 1 | 221 | 55.87 (50.82; 60.91) | 64.23 (58.2; 70.26) | +8.36 (14.39; 2.34) * | |
| both or one of the parents from SSB 1 | 1806 | 67.32 (65.51; 69.14) | 80.95 (79.14; 82.77) | +13.63 (15.42; 11.84) * | |
| neither mother nor father from SSB 1 | 246 | 55.87 (50.82; 60.91) | 64.23 (58.2; 70.26) | +8.36 (14.39; 2.34) * | |
| Residential area walkability | Poor (lowest tertial) | 640 | 64.87 (61.8; 67.93) | 80.31 (77.22; 83.4) | +15.45 (18.64; 12.26) * |
| Good (2nd tertial) | 672 | 65.99 (63; 68.97) | 78.87 (75.77; 81.96) | +12.88 (15.91; 9.85) * | |
| Very Good (highest tertial) | 724 | 66.63 (63.72; 69.54) | 77.9 (74.87; 80.93) | +11.27 (14.12; 8.41) * | |
| Residential NDVI within a 50 m buffer | Low NDVI (0.236–0.343) | 687 | 64.82 (61.83; 67.8) | 76.42 (73.24; 79.6) | +11.6 (14.74; 8.46) * |
| Average NDVI (0.344–0.431) | 686 | 65.54 (62.51; 68.56) | 79.3 (76.26; 82.34) | +13.77 (16.75; 10.78) * | |
| High NDVI (0.5–0.559) | 686 | 67.6 (64.71; 70.48) | 81.34 (78.42; 84.26) | +13.74 (16.61; 10.88) * | |
1 SSB—Sweden, rest of the Scandinavia and the Baltic States.