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 education 1	0.60 (0.56; 0.65)**
Highest decile of household net worth	0.61 (0.55; 0.67)**
Urban residence 2	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 symptoms 3	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)
Obesity 4	1.63 (1.53; 1.73)**
Poor diet 5	1.44 (1.35; 1.53)**

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.001

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.

¹International Standard Classification of Education level 5 or 6;

²big city, its suburbs or outskirts;

³4 or more points on EURO-D scale;

⁴body mass index 30 and more;

⁵fruits or vegetables less than every day