The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

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+
% % % % % % % %
Men
Heavy housework
Any participation in last 4 weeks 41 57 55 52 46 44 28 48
Mean number of days in last 4 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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 weeksa 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 weeka 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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