Table 1.
Characteristics distribution of the 2017 FLASHE participants with and without access to free or low-cost recreational facilities.
| Characteristics | Access to free or low-cost facilities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | Disagree | p-valuea | |||
| (n = 1,079) | (n = 671) | ||||
| % | ( n ) | % | ( n ) | ||
| Age (years) | 0.119 | ||||
| 18–34 | 10.9 | (118) | 11.3 | (76) | |
| 35–44 | 41.9 | (452) | 46.1 | (309) | |
| 45–59 | 44.7 | (482) | 39.2 | (263) | |
| 60+ | 2.5 | (27) | 3.4 | (23) | |
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||
| Male | 30.6 | (330) | 19.4 | (130) | |
| Female | 69.4 | (749) | 80.6 | (540) | |
| Race/ethnicity | <0.001 | ||||
| Hispanic | 8.3 | (89) | 5.3 | (35) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 18.9 | (202) | 14.9 | (99) | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 67 | (717) | 73.6 | (489) | |
| Other | 5.8 | (62) | 6.2 | (41) | |
| Health status | 0.022 | ||||
| Excellent | 17.4 | (186) | 13.9 | (93) | |
| Very good | 42.1 | (450) | 38.8 | (260) | |
| Good | 28.6 | (306) | 34.9 | (234) | |
| Fair/poor | 12 | (128) | 12.4 | (83) | |
| BMI | <0.001 | ||||
| Underweight | 1.4 | (15) | 1.5 | (10) | |
| Normal | 39.3 | (419) | 31.5 | (209) | |
| Overweight | 31.9 | (340) | 28.8 | (191) | |
| Obese | 27.4 | (292) | 38.2 | (253) | |
| Education | <0.001 | ||||
| High school or less | 16.5 | (177) | 20.8 | (139) | |
| Some college | 33 | (355) | 39.8 | (266) | |
| A 4-year college degree | 50.5 | (543) | 39.5 | (264) | |
| Work status | <0.001 | ||||
| Not working | 30.9 | (332) | 39.4 | (263) | |
| 0–30 h | 15.6 | (168) | 15.3 | (102) | |
| 31–40 h | 32.5 | (349) | 30.6 | (204) | |
| 41+ h | 21 | (225) | 14.7 | (98) | |
| Household income | <0.001 | ||||
| < $100,000 | 75.7 | (807) | 84.9 | (564) | |
| ≥$100,000 | 24.3 | (259) | 15.1 | (100) | |
| Time living | 0.561 | ||||
| 0–3 | 21.91 | (236) | 20.45 | (137) | |
| >3–10 | 36.68 | (395) | 39.1 | (262) | |
| >10 | 41.41 | (446) | 40.45 | (271) | |
a
Chi-square test p-value.