Table 4.
Distribution of insufficiently physically active participants and their motivation for being more physically active
| Motivated | Not motivated | Don’t know | |
| n (%) | 1914 (59.8) | 604 (19.2) | 631 (21.0) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 1089 (59.6) | 389 (20.3) | 360 (20.1) |
| Female | 825 (60.1) | 215 (17.7) | 271 (22.2) |
| Age (categories) | |||
| 16–34 years | 59 (72.5) | 6 (9.2) | 13 (18.3) |
| 35–54 years | 414 (77.1) | 47 (9.4) | 72 (13.6) |
| 55–64 years | 545 (65.6) | 131 (14.9) | 147 (19.4) |
| 65–74 years | 592 (56.1) | 211 (21.6) | 206 (22.3) |
| ≥75 years | 304 (41.4) | 209 (30.8) | 193 (27.8) |
| Obesity | |||
| Underweight/normal | 285 (52.3) | 138 (26.7) | 106 (21.0) |
| Overweight | 642 (57.6) | 244 (22.6) | 214 (19.8) |
| Obese class I | 489 (58.4) | 141 (16.6) | 192 (25.0) |
| Obese class II | 289 (71.2) | 44 (11.2) | 65 (17.6) |
| Obese class III | 177 (72.6) | 27 (9.6) | 41 (18.9) |
| Comorbidities including mental health conditions | |||
| No comorbidity | 162 (61.5) | 64 (23.0) | 43 (15.5) |
| One comorbidity | 412 (59.7) | 141 (18.9) | 151 (21.3) |
| Two comorbidities | 556 (57.5) | 184 (20.2) | 193 (22.3) |
| Three or more comorbidities | 784 (61.0) | 215 (18.0) | 244 (21.0) |
| Stress | |||
| Low perceived stress | 820 (59.5) | 296 (21.5) | 258 (19.0) |
| Moderate perceived stress | 871 (60.6) | 248 (18.1) | 281 (21.0) |
| High perceived stress | 121 (62.0) | 22 (11.9) | 47 (26.1) |
| HRQoL | |||
| Physical score | |||
| Moderate to high physical HRQoL | 359 (66.9) | 107 (18.9) | 83 (14.2) |
| Low physical HRQoL | 1395 (59.8) | 415 (18.2) | 473 (22.0) |
| Mental score | |||
| Moderate to high mental HRQoL | 1103 (59.3) | 373 (20.5) | 353 (20.2) |
| Low mental HRQoL | 651 (63.8) | 149 (15.1) | 203 (21.1) |
n=3149 (n differs due to variations in complete responses in each variable).
Data are presented as n (%).
HRQoL, health-related quality of life.