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Scottish Health Survey - topic report: physical activity
This report presents findings from a study into the demographic, socioeconomic and health and lifestyle factors associated with meeting the adult physical activity guidelines in the Scottish population and whether the change in physical activity guidelines in 2011 affected the factors associated with meeting the guidelines. It also presents results from an investigation in to the factors associated with taking part in activity in the different domains that make up total physical activity.
Appendix A: Variables Used in the Analysis and Bivariate Results
Table 9: Outcome and predictor variables
| Description | Variable Name | Response |
|---|---|---|
| Outcome Variables | ||
| Summary activity level - 2012 CMO time recommendations (new 65+ walk definition) |
adt10gpTW[vi] adt10gp[vii] |
1 Meets recommendations (150+ mins) 2 Some activity (60 to less than 150 mins) 3 Low activity (30 to less than 60 mins) 4 Very low activity (0 to less than 30) |
| (D) Summary activity level - 2012 CMO time recommendations (new 65+ walk definition) |
adt10gpTW_2D adt10gp_2D |
0 Not met recommended level (150+ mins) 1 Met recommended level (less than 150 mins) |
| Summary activity level - 2011 CMO time recommendations (old definition) |
adt10gp | 1 Meets recommendations 2 Some activity 3 Low activity 4 Very low activity |
| (D) Summary activity level - 2011 CMO time recommendations (old definition) |
adt10gp_2D | 0 Not met recommended level 1 Met recommended level |
| Have you participated in any sport in the last four weeks? | SportAny | 1 Yes 2 No |
| Have you walked at least 10 mins in the last four weeks? | wlk10M | 1 Yes 2 No |
| Have you done any housework in the last four weeks? | Housewrk | 1 Yes 2 No |
| Have you done any manual/gardening/DIY work in the last four weeks? | Garden | 1 Yes 2 No |
| How physically active are you in your paid job? | Active | 1 very physically active 2 fairly physically active 3 not very physically active 4 not at all physically |
| (D) How physically active are you in your paid job? [viii] | Active_D | 1 Very/fairly physically active 2 Not very/not at all physically active |
| Predictor Variables | ||
| Gender | Sex | 1 Male 2 Female |
| Age 16+ in ten year bands | ag16g10 | 1 16-24 2 25-34 3 35-44 4 45-54 5 55-64 6 65-74 7 75+. |
| Deprivation 2012 quintiles | SIMD5_RP | 1 5th - least deprived 2 4th 3 3rd 4 2nd 5 1st - most deprived |
| Equivalised Income Quintiles (adjusted income to take account of the number of persons in the household) |
eqv5 | 1 Top Quintile (>=£39520) 2 2nd Quintile (>=£25591< £39520) 3 3rd Quintile (>=£16918 < £25591) 4 4th Quintile (>=£10672< £16918 ) 5 Bottom Quintile (<£10672) |
| Economic activity of respondent (2012 version) | Econac12 | 1 In full-time education 2 In paid employment, self-employed or on gov't training 3 Permanently unable to work 4 Looking for/intending to look for paid work 5 Retired 6 Looking after home/family 7 Doing something else |
| Self-assessed general health | GenHelf2 | 1 very good/good 2 fair 3 bad/ very bad |
| Highest educational qualification | hedqul08 | 1 Degree or higher 2 HNC/D or equivalent 3 Higher grade or equivalent 4 Standard grade or equivalent 5 Other school level 6 No qualifications |
| Limiting longstanding illness (LLI) | limitill | 1 Limiting LI 2 Non limiting LI 3 No LI |
| Marital status - grouped | maritalg | 1 Married/civil partnership 2 Living as married 3 Single 4 Married/civil partnership - separated 5 Divorced/dissolved civil partnership 6 Widowed/surviving civil partner |
| Cigarette Smoking Status | cigst3 | 1 Current cigarette smoker 2 Used to smoke cigarettes 3 Never smoked cigarettes at all |
| Life Satisfaction | lifesat2 | 1 0-7 2 8 3 9-10 |
| (D) Life Satisfaction | lifesat2_D | 1 0-7 2 8-10 |
| BMI Status | bmivg4 | 1 Under 18.5 2 18.5 to less than 25 3 25 to less than 30 4 30 and over. |
| (D) BMI Status | bmivg4_D | 1 Less than 30[ix] 2 30 and over. |
| (D) Mental wellbeing (ALL) | wemwbsA_D[x] | 0 less than mean score (<41) 1 mean score or more (41+) |
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