Table 2.

Associations of participants’ characteristics with decreasing physical activity

Sociodemographic characteristics	OR (95% CI)
Age	1.08 (1.07–1.08)**
Women	1.01 (0.95–1.07)
High educationa	0.60 (0.56–0.65)**
Highest decile of household net worth	0.61 (0.55–0.67)**
Urban residenceb	0.94 (0.89–1.00)*
Employed or self-employed	0.70 (0.65–0.75)**
Two or more household members	1.05 (0.93–1.19)
Partner in household	0.82 (0.74–0.92)*
Two or more children	0.95 (0.89–1.01)
Two or more grandchildren	1.04 (0.98–1.11)
Region, n (%)
Western Europe	Reference
Scandinavia	0.58 (0.53–0.65)**
Southern Europe	2.60 (2.41–2.79)**
Central and Eastern Europe	0.82 (0.76–0.88)**
Israel	1.84 (1.61–2.11)**
Health-related characteristics
High depressive symptomsc	1.50 (1.42–1.60)**
One or more limitations in IADL	2.28 (2.12–2.46)**
One or more chronic diseases	1.28 (1.20–1.38)**
One or more mobility limitations	1.80 (1.70–1.91)**
Smoking	1.57 (1.48–1.66)**
Alcohol	0.95 (0.88–1.02)
Obesityd	1.63 (1.53–1.73)**
Poor diete	1.44 (1.35–1.53)**

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

All characteristics were entered into the model. In addition, the model included attrition and cognition (mean of z-scores of all three cognitive tests). Because of collinearity, birth cohort was not included into the model.

^aInternational Standard Classification of Education level 5 or 6.

^bBig city, its suburbs or outskirts.

^c4 or more points on EURO-D scale.

^dBody mass index 30 and more.

^eFruits or vegetables less than every day.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.001.