Table 1 Participants characteristics and group differences among four patterns of PA (N = 2525)
Characteristics | Whole sample (n = 2525) n (%) or mean ± SD | Domestic types (n = 751) | Athletic types (n = 295) | Gardening/Caring types (n = 528) | Walkers (n = 951) | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) or mean ± SD | n (%) or mean ± SD | n (%) or mean ± SD | n (%) or mean ± SD | |||
Age group (years) | < 0.001 | |||||
60–74 | 1829 (72.4) | 575 (76.6) | 235 (79.7) | 227 (43.0) | 792 (83.3) | |
75–84 | 503 (19.9) | 147 (19.6) | 55 (18.6) | 169 (32.0) | 132 (13.9) | |
≥ 85 | 193 (7.7) | 29 (3.9) | 5 (1.7) | 132 (25.0) | 27 (2.8) | |
Gender | < 0.001 | |||||
Male | 1115 (44.2) | 296 (39.4) | 122 (41.4) | 270 (51.1) | 427 (44.9) | |
Female | 1410 (55.8) | 455 (60.6) | 173 (58.6) | 258 (48.9) | 524 (55.1) | |
Education | < 0.001 | |||||
Illiteracy | 194 (7.7) | 44 (5.9) | 11 (3.7) | 81 (15.3) | 58 (6.1) | |
Primary school | 463 (18.3) | 142 (18.9) | 34 (11.5) | 119 (22.5) | 168 (17.7) | |
Middle school | 901 (35.7) | 282 (37.5) | 112 (38.0) | 153 (29.0) | 354 (37.2) | |
High school | 658 (26.1) | 191 (25.4) | 89 (30.2) | 115 (21.8) | 263 (27.7) | |
College and more | 309 (12.2) | 92 (12.3) | 49 (16.6) | 60 (11.4) | 108 (11.4) | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | |||||
Married | 2111 (83.6) | 623 (83.0) | 260 (88.1) | 394 (74.6) | 834 (87.7) | |
Others | 414 (16.4) | 128 (17.0) | 35 (11.9) | 134 (25.4) | 117 (12.3) | |
Income (Yuan) | 0.014 | |||||
≤ 2000 | 327 (12.9) | 109 (14.5) | 20 (6.8) | 71 (13.5) | 127 (13.3) | |
2001–5000 | 1757 (69.6) | 503 (67.0) | 231 (78.3) | 363 (68.8) | 660 (69.4) | |
≥ 5001 | 441 (17.5) | 139 (18.5) | 44 (14.9) | 94 (17.8) | 164 (17.3) | |
Living arrangements | < 0.001 | |||||
Living alone | 199 (7.9) | 75 (10.0) | 18 (6.1) | 47 (8.9) | 59 (6.2) | |
Live with spouse only | 1381 (54.7) | 385 (51.3) | 180 (61.0) | 269 (51.0) | 547 (57.5) | |
Live with spouse and children | 459 (18.2) | 140 (18.6) | 53 (18.0) | 83 (15.7) | 183 (19.2) | |
Live with others | 486 (19.2) | 151 (20.1) | 44 (14.9) | 129 (24.4) | 162 (17.0) | |
Self-rated health | 2.90 ± 0.99 | 2.95 ± 0.98 | 3.13 ± 0.96 | 2.43 ± 0.96 | 3.05 ± 0.93 | < 0.001 |
Chronic disease | < 0.001 | |||||
Yes | 1652 (65.4) | 493 (65.7) | 169 (57.3) | 412 (78.0) | 578 (60.8) | |
No | 873 (34.6) | 258 (34.3) | 126 (42.7) | 116 (22.0) | 373 (39.2) | |
PASE score | 119.3 ± 41.9 | 93.6 ± 31.9 | 144.5 ± 60.2 | 132.0 ± 27.4 | 124.8 ± 38.6 | < 0.001 |
PASE quartile | < 0.001 | |||||
0–25% | 642 (25.4) | 433 (57.7) | 28 (9.5) | 18 (3.4) | 163 (17.1) | |
25–50% | 627 (24.8) | 154 (20.5) | 58 (19.7) | 98 (18.6) | 317 (33.3) | |
50–75% | 631 (25.0) | 109 (14.5) | 86 (29.1) | 232 (43.9) | 204 (21.5) | |
75–100% | 625 (24.8) | 55 (7.3) | 123 (41.7) | 180 (34.1) | 267 (28.1) | |
GDS score | < 0.001 | |||||
< 11 | 2186 (86.6) | 651 (86.7) | 285 (96.6) | 386 (73.1) | 864 (90.8) | |
≥ 11 | 339 (13.4) | 100 (13.3) | 10 (3.4) | 142 (26.9) | 87 (9.2) |