Table 1.
Exercise motivations (wearable activity tracker users vs nonwearable activity tracker users; N=608).
| Characteristic and category | WATa users (n=119), n (%) | Non-WAT users (n=489), n (%) | ||||||||
| Participants | Participants (weighted) | Participants | Participants (weighted) | |||||||
| Internal guilt | ||||||||||
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No | 17 (9.6) | 330,710 (9.6) | 198 (42.9) | 5,572,690 (42.9) | |||||
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Yes | 102 (90.4) | 3,106,554 (90.4) | 291 (57.1) | 7,422,694 (57.1) | |||||
| Exercise enjoyment | ||||||||||
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No | 20 (12.5) | 428,160 (12.5) | 123 (23.7) | 3,086,204 (23.7) | |||||
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Yes | 99 (87.5) | 3,009,105 (87.5) | 366 (76.3) | 9,909,181 (76.3) | |||||
| Physical appearance | ||||||||||
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No | 12 (6.3) | 215,926 (6.3) | 110 (19.3) | 2,503,455 (19.3) | |||||
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Yes | 107 (93.7) | 3,221,338 (93.7) | 379 (80.7) | 10,491,930 (80.7) | |||||
| Pressure from others | ||||||||||
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No | 77 (63.6) | 2,184,454 (63.6) | 323 (67.6) | 8,784,210 (67.6) | |||||
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Yes | 42 (36.4) | 1,252,810 (36.4) | 166 (32.4) | 4,211,175 (32.4) | |||||
aWAT: wearable activity tracker.