Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of explanatory variables (N = 8398).
| Variable | Categories | Frequency (%) | Participation rate by activity type (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports | Recreational walking, cycling, and outdoor play | Dog walking | |||
| Age | ≤7 | 854 (10.2%) | 15.7% | 8.3% | 1.4% |
| 7–23 | 4340 (51.7%) | 32.3% | 20.9% | 4.6% | |
| >23 | 3204 (38.1%) | 28.3% | 46.7% | 8.8% | |
| Gender | Female | 4179 (49.8%) | 27.4% | 28.1% | 5.7% |
| Male | 4219 (50.2%) | 30.8% | 30.7% | 6.0% | |
| Have a partner or not | Yes | 2468 (29.4%) | 70.9% | 56.5% | 11.5% |
| No | 5930 (70.6%) | 11.7% | 18.2% | 3.5% | |
| Education level | Primary or lower | 2431 (28.9%) | 22.9% | 16.7% | 5.1% |
| Secondary | 3679 (43.8%) | 26.7% | 30.9% | 6.8% | |
| Higher | 2299 (27.2%) | 39.4% | 40.6% | 5.0% | |
| Car ownership | Have a car | 2843 (33.9%) | 32.7% | 41.4% | 9.4% |
| Have no cars | 5555 (66.1%) | 27.3% | 23.3% | 4.1% | |
| Have chronic diseases or not (Self) | Yes | 763 (9.1%) | 23.1% | 41.0% | 10.6% |
| No | 7635 (90.9%) | 29.7% | 28.3% | 5.4% | |
| Have chronic diseases or not (Family) | Yes | 916 (10.9%) | 32.6% | 40.2% | 6.3% |
| No | 7482 (89.1%) | 28.7% | 28.1% | 5.7% | |
| Live with physically active people or not | Yes | 1230 (14.6%) | 48.9% | 41.5% | 7.6% |
| No | 7168 (85.4%) | 25.7% | 27.4% | 5.6% | |
| Marital Status change | Yes | 586 (7.0%) | 24.7% | 34.8% | 5.6% |
| No | 7812 (93.0%) | 29.4% | 29.0% | 5.9% | |
| Baby birth | Yes | 574 (6.8%) | 21.6% | 40.8% | 6.8% |
| No | 7824 (93.2%) | 29.6% | 28.6% | 5.8% | |
| Relocation | Yes | 1084 (12.9%) | 25.0% | 29.7% | 4.6% |
| No | 7314 (87.1%) | 29.7% | 29.4% | 6.0% | |
| Change schools | Yes | 2290 (27.3%) | 26.3% | 14.3% | 2.4% |
| No | 6108 (72.7%) | 30.1% | 35.1% | 7.2% | |
| Stop full-time edcuation | Yes | 635 (7.6%) | 25.7% | 25.8% | 4.3% |
| No | 7763 (92.4%) | 29.4% | 29.7% | 6.0% | |
| Start working | Yes | 646 (7.7%) | 28.9% | 30.3% | 4.6% |
| No | 7752 (92.3%) | 29.1% | 29.4% | 5.9% | |
| Change jobs | Yes | 725 (8.6%) | 26.6% | 42.6% | 6.9% |
| No | 7673 (91.4%) | 29.3% | 28.2% | 5.7% | |
| Own the first car | Yes | 519 (6.2%) | 26.8% | 28.7% | 5.8% |
| No | 7879 (93.8%) | 29.2% | 29.5% | 5.9% | |
| Greenspace for walking | Below average | 1633 (19.4%) | 27.7% | 28.2% | 4.8% |
| Average | 2930 (34.9%) | 29.5% | 27.6% | 5.4% | |
| Above average | 3835 (45.7%) | 29.3% | 31.4% | 6.6% | |
| Cycling facilities | Below average | 1351 (16.1%) | 22.2% | 27.7% | 8.6% |
| Average or above average | 6148 (73.2%) | 30.8% | 29.1% | 4.7% | |
| A lot | 899 (10.7%) | 27.8% | 34.1% | 9.2% | |
| Supportive facilties for physical activities | Below average | 1634 (19.5%) | 26.6% | 26.6% | 6.7% |
| Average or above average | 6230 (74.5%) | 29.8% | 30.6% | 5.1% | |
| A lot | 534 (6.4%) | 28.1% | 24.5% | 12.2% | |
| Safety for physical activities | Average or Below average | 2996 (35.7%) | 27.3% | 26.8% | 7.4% |
| Above average | 4212 (50.2%) | 29.7% | 32.0% | 4.8% | |
| Very safe | 1190 (14.2%) | 31.3% | 27.0% | 5.6% | |
| Study-related physical activity time | 0h/w | 5800 (69.1%) | 28.2% | 34.8% | 6.5% |
| 0–2.5h/w | 580 (6.9%) | 28.4% | 17.2% | 5.7% | |
| 2.5–5h/w | 929 (11.1%) | 30.8% | 16.9% | 4.5% | |
| >5h/w | 1089 (13.0%) | 32.6% | 18.2% | 3.4% | |
| Work-related physical activity time | 0h/w | 5751 (68.5%) | 27.9% | 24.5% | 5.1% |
| 0–2.5h/w | 779 (9.3%) | 36.1% | 44.2% | 7.4% | |
| 2.5–5h/w | 544 (6.5%) | 34.2% | 44.9% | 6.8% | |
| >5h/w | 1324 (15.8%) | 28.1% | 36.1% | 7.6% | |