Publication - Statistics

The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Published: 25 September 2012
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781780458410

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health

Table 6.2 Adults' participation in different activity types for at least 10 minutes in the last 4 weeks, 2011, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
2011

Participation for at least 10 minutes a time	Age							Total
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Heavy housework
Any participation in last 4 weeks	41	57	55	52	46	44	28	48
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	1.9	3.3	2.6	2.9	2.2	2.0	1.5	2.4
Standard error of the mean	0.30	0.45	0.21	0.24	0.19	0.18	0.22	0.13
Mean number of hours per week^a	0.5	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.8
Standard error of the mean	0.07	0.22	0.13	0.08	0.16	0.08	0.07	0.06
Heavy Manual / Gardening / DIY
Any participation in last 4 weeks	10	26	36	37	31	27	15	27
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	0.3	1.4	1.5	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.2	1.4
Standard error of the mean	0.06	0.20	0.15	0.17	0.19	0.21	0.24	0.08
Mean number of hours per week^a	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.9	1.5	1.3	0.9	1.2
Standard error of the mean	0.07	0.22	0.18	0.22	0.26	0.23	0.21	0.09
Walking (brisk/fast pace)
Any participation in last 4 weeks	59	58	45	41	31	24	11	41
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	11.6	11.0	7.5	7.3	5.5	4.6	2.3	7.6
Standard error of the mean	0.92	0.71	0.53	0.48	0.47	0.44	0.41	0.26
Mean number of hours per week^a	3.1	3.8	2.5	2.5	2.2	1.9	0.5	2.5
Standard error of the mean	0.34	0.67	0.36	0.35	0.30	0.26	0.12	0.16
Sports and Exercise
Any participation in last 4 weeks	78	73	62	49	37	38	22	54
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	11.6	11.0	8.3	5.7	4.3	4.5	2.6	7.3
Standard error of the mean	0.72	0.63	0.51	0.41	0.37	0.37	0.42	0.23
Mean number of hours per week^a	4.0	3.6	2.3	2.1	1.4	1.8	1.0	2.4
Standard error of the mean	0.44	0.38	0.18	0.17	0.15	0.18	0.16	0.12
Any physical activities
Any participation in last 4 weeks	94	94	92	87	75	72	48	84
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	21.2	20.5	18.5	16.5	12.6	11.0	6.7	16.2
Standard error of the mean	0.75	0.56	0.53	0.50	0.54	0.51	0.60	0.26
Mean number of hours per week^a	9.5	11.7	9.6	9.6	7.2	5.9	2.9	8.7
Standard error of the mean	0.69	0.94	0.50	0.48	0.48	0.46	0.34	0.26
Women
Heavy housework
Any participation in last 4 weeks	51	71	75	72	64	52	28	61
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	2.5	4.8	4.7	4.4	4.0	2.8	1.2	3.7
Standard error of the mean	0.26	0.29	0.24	0.23	0.25	0.25	0.14	0.10
Mean number of hours per week^a	0.9	2.1	2.1	2.3	1.8	1.5	0.4	1.7
Standard error of the mean	0.10	0.21	0.14	0.23	0.13	0.19	0.07	0.08
Women
Heavy Manual / Gardening / DIY
Any participation in last 4 weeks	4	6	12	13	15	10	4	9
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.4
Standard error of the mean	0.03	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.11	0.12	0.09	0.03
Mean number of hours per week^a	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.3
Standard error of the mean	0.02	0.07	0.04	0.09	0.07	0.07	0.03	0.03
Walking (brisk/fast pace)
Any participation in last 4 weeks	45	37	40	33	27	18	8	31
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	8.5	6.6	7.3	6.3	5.2	3.8	1.4	5.9
Standard error of the mean	0.68	0.48	0.45	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.26	0.19
Mean number of hours per week^a	2.7	2.1	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.2	0.4	1.9
Standard error of the mean	0.47	0.27	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.17	0.11	0.11
Sports and Exercise
Any participation in last 4 weeks	65	62	53	45	37	25	18	45
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	7.0	7.4	6.0	5.1	4.0	2.8	1.7	5.1
Standard error of the mean	0.52	0.47	0.36	0.33	0.32	0.31	0.23	0.17
Mean number of hours per week^a	1.9	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.2
Standard error of the mean	0.21	0.13	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.13	0.06	0.05
Any physical activities
Any participation in last 4 weeks	86	91	89	87	80	66	40	79
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	15.6	16.5	15.9	14.8	12.4	8.6	4.0	13.2
Standard error of the mean	0.69	0.54	0.46	0.40	0.44	0.47	0.34	0.21
Mean number of hours per week^a	6.4	6.9	6.8	7.2	5.9	3.8	1.3	5.8
Standard error of the mean	0.50	0.37	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.31	0.17	0.15
All adults
Any physical activity
Any participation in last 4 weeks	90	92	91	87	77	69	43	81
Mean number of days in last 4 weeks^a	18.4	18.5	17.1	15.6	12.5	9.7	5.1	14.6
Standard error of the mean	0.55	0.41	0.36	0.32	0.37	0.36	0.31	0.18
Mean number of hours per week^a	8.0	9.3	8.1	8.3	6.5	4.8	1.9	7.2
Standard error of the mean	0.43	0.53	0.31	0.29	0.31	0.28	0.17	0.16
Bases (weighted):
Men	535	583	613	656	564	390	266	3607
Women	514	580	671	708	593	449	412	3927
All adults	1050	1163	1284	1364	1156	839	678	7534
Bases (unweighted):
Men	307	399	516	599	600	511	344	3276
Women	364	562	710	801	737	596	485	4255
All adults	671	961	1226	1400	1337	1107	829	7531

a Means are based on all participants.

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Table 6.2 Adults' participation in different activity types for at least 10 minutes in the last 4 weeks, 2011, by age and sex

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