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. 2022 Sep 28;19:101244. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101244

Table 1.

Information on data collection of life-course trajectory and habitual physical activity behaviors.

Question categories Information collected in the survey
Major life events
Marital status
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    Current marital status including single, living together, registered partnership, married, divorced, widowed, and others

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    History of marital status change including change time and new status after the change

Baby birth
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    Number of children

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    Information of each child including the birth year and gender

Relocation
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    The earliest home address (since birth year)

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    History of relocation including moving time and new address

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    Information of neighborhood characteristics for each home address, and the characteristics include greenspace for walking, cycling facilities, physical activity facilities, and safety for doing physical activity

Education
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    Education background including start time, end time, school location, education level, weekly physical education hours

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    For each school, collect commuting information between home and school, including start time, end time, mode of transportation, frequency, and daily commute time

Employment
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    History of employment including start time, end time, weekly working hours, company location, and weekly physical activity time at work

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    For each job, collect commuting information between home and workplace, including start time, end time, mode of transportation, frequency, and daily commute time

Chronic diseases diagnosis (self) The respondent's own chronic disease history, including the start time and end time
Chronic diseases diagnosis (family) Chronic diseases history of the respondent's parents/partner/children, including the start time and end time
Living arrangements with physically active people History of living with someone who regularly did physical activities, and the information includes start time, end time, and relationship
Car ownership
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    Number of cars

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    Ownership duration of each car (start time and end time)

Habitual physical activity behaviors
Sports For each sport played on a regular basis, collect the following information: start time, end time, sport type, weekly activity time (h/w), and motivations to start.
Shopping for daily necessities For each period of shopping for daily necessities on a regular basis, collect the following information: start time, end time, shopping frequency, mode of transportation to stores, round-trip travel time (mins/round-trip), and weekly shopping time (h/w).
Shopping for non-daily products For each period of shopping for non-daily products on a regular basis, collect the following information: start time, end time, shopping frequency, mode of transportation to stores, round-trip travel time (mins/round-trip), and shopping time per month (h/m).
Recreational walking, cycling and outside playing For each period of walking, cycling, and outside playing for fun on a regular basis, collect the following information: start time, end time, weekly activity time (h/w), and motivations to start.
Dog walking For each period of dog walking on a regular basis, collect the following information: start time, end time, frequency, and weekly activity time (h/w).
Housework For each period of doing housework on a regular basis, collect the following information: start time, end time, frequency, and weekly activity time (h/w).
Gardening For each period of regular gardening in the spring or summer, collect the following information: start year, end year, frequency, activity time in spring, and activity time in summer.