Table 2.
Gender differences about participation in sports.
| Gender | Age | Years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18−24 | 25−34 | 35−44 | 45−54 | 55−64 | 65−74 | Total | |||
| Female | I do not exercise | Count | 207a | 473b | 485a, b | 377b | 152b | 32a,b | 1726 |
| % | 31.1% | 39.7% | 37.5% | 39.9% | 42.7% | 35.2% | 38.0% | ||
| I am in a professional sport | Count | 66a | 46b | 32b,c | 8c | 1c | 1a,b,c | 154 | |
| % | 9.9% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 3.4% | ||
| I exercise by myself | Count | 239a | 337b | 335b | 272b | 116a,b | 28a,b | 1327 | |
| % | 35.9% | 28.3% | 25.9% | 28.8% | 32.6% | 30.8% | 29.2% | ||
| I exercise in a gym/health center | Count | 154a | 335a,b | 443c | 289b,c | 87a,b | 30a,b,c | 1338 | |
| % | 23.1% | 28.1% | 34.2% | 30.5% | 24.4% | 33.0% | 29.4% | ||
| Male | I do not exercise | Count | 46a | 128a,b | 123a,b | 60a,b | 25a,b | 12b | 394 |
| % | 15.5% | 20.2% | 23.6% | 23.8% | 27.8% | 40.0% | 21.6% | ||
| I am in a professional sport | Count | 56a | 54b | 19c | 7c | 2b,c | 1a,b,c | 139 | |
| % | 18.9% | 8.5% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 7.6% | ||
| I exercise by myself | Count | 146a | 283a | 254a | 134a | 44a | 14a | 875 | |
| % | 49.2% | 44.7% | 48.7% | 53.2% | 48.9% | 46.7% | 48.0% | ||
| I exercise in a gym/health center | Count | 49a | 168b | 126a,b | 51a,b | 19a,b | 3a,b | 416 | |
| % | 16.5% | 26.5% | 24.1% | 20.2% | 21.1% | 10.0% | 22.8% |
Each subscript letter (a, b, and c) denotes a subset of one category whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other at the 0.05 level.