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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 10: Bivariate analysis results of variables associated with physical activity level
| Summary of cross tabs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meets recommendations (%) | Some activity (%) | Low activity (%) | Very low activity (%) | Total N | |||||||||
| CI 95% | CI 95% | CI 95% | CI 95% | ||||||||||
| All | 62.4 | 60.6 | 64.2 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 12.9 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 21.3 | 19.8 | 22.8 | 4807 |
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male | 67.4 | 65.0 | 69.8 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 11.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 19.3 | 17.3 | 21.4 | 2122 |
| Female | 57.7 | 55.5 | 60.0 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 15.1 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 23.1 | 21.2 | 25.0 | 2685 |
| Age | |||||||||||||
| 16-24 | 75.4 | 70.7 | 80.2 | 12.0 | 8.2 | 15.7 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 11.8 | 398 |
| 25-34 | 69.5 | 65.3 | 73.7 | 13.3 | 9.9 | 16.7 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 12.0 | 8.9 | 15.2 | 557 |
| 35-44 | 71.2 | 67.4 | 75.0 | 13.2 | 10.4 | 15.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 15.5 | 819 |
| 45-54 | 66.3 | 62.7 | 69.9 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 11.6 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 19.9 | 16.8 | 23.0 | 907 |
| 55-64 | 57.2 | 53.2 | 61.2 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 14.0 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 25.3 | 21.5 | 29.1 | 804 |
| 65-74 | 54.1 | 50.1 | 58.1 | 12.3 | 9.7 | 14.9 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 29.2 | 25.4 | 33.1 | 771 |
| 75+ | 24.9 | 20.7 | 29.1 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 13.8 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 8.0 | 58.4 | 53.9 | 63.0 | 551 |
| Deprivation - SIMD Quintiles | |||||||||||||
| 5th - least deprived | 70.9 | 67.6 | 74.3 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 12.1 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 13.3 | 11.0 | 15.7 | 986 |
| 4th | 65.0 | 61.1 | 69.0 | 10.7 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 18.9 | 15.7 | 22.1 | 1095 |
| 3rd | 61.2 | 57.1 | 65.2 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 16.9 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 20.6 | 17.3 | 23.9 | 1093 |
| 2nd | 58.6 | 54.8 | 62.3 | 13.2 | 10.4 | 16.0 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 24.4 | 21.0 | 27.7 | 904 |
| 1st - most deprived | 54.1 | 49.5 | 58.7 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 13.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 32.0 | 27.8 | 36.1 | 729 |
| Income quintiles | |||||||||||||
| >=£39520 | 73.5 | 69.7 | 77.3 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 12.3 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 14.4 | 861 |
| >=£25591< £39520 | 68.3 | 64.5 | 72.2 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 12.9 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 15.7 | 12.4 | 18.9 | 862 |
| >=£16918 < £25591 | 65.1 | 61.0 | 69.2 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 13.8 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 19.2 | 15.6 | 22.7 | 814 |
| >=£10672< £16918 | 60.3 | 56.0 | 64.7 | 10.4 | 7.9 | 12.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 25.0 | 21.0 | 29.0 | 820 |
| <£10672 | 49.8 | 45.2 | 54.4 | 12.4 | 9.7 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 33.8 | 29.7 | 38.0 | 754 |
| Economic Activity Status | |||||||||||||
| FT Education | 76.6 | 71.0 | 82.1 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 15.4 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 10.2 | 256 |
| Paid Work | 74.7 | 72.5 | 76.9 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 12.2 | 2407 |
| Unable to work | 15.3 | 10.4 | 20.2 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 15.1 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 8.7 | 68.3 | 61.8 | 74.9 | 265 |
| Looking for work | 58.4 | 49.8 | 66.9 | 21.8 | 14.1 | 29.5 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 6.7 | 16.1 | 10.5 | 21.7 | 189 |
| retired | 42.6 | 39.4 | 45.8 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 13.6 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 39.7 | 36.4 | 42.9 | 1393 |
| Looking after Home/family | 53.6 | 45.7 | 61.5 | 14.3 | 8.5 | 20.1 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 9.6 | 26.2 | 18.4 | 34.0 | 179 |
| Other | 55.5 | 43.2 | 67.9 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 16.9 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 17.9 | 26.6 | 16.3 | 36.8 | 114 |
| Self Assessed health | |||||||||||||
| very good/good | 71.3 | 69.3 | 73.3 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 13.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 14.1 | 3442 |
| fair | 45.4 | 41.6 | 49.1 | 13.9 | 11.1 | 16.7 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 8.8 | 33.9 | 30.1 | 37.7 | 915 |
| bad/Very bad | 20.0 | 15.8 | 24.2 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 9.2 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 6.0 | 69.4 | 64.3 | 74.4 | 448 |
| Highest Education Qualification | |||||||||||||
| Degree or higher | 70.8 | 67.7 | 73.8 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 14.5 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 13.9 | 1343 |
| HNC/D or equiv | 68.9 | 63.9 | 73.9 | 10.9 | 7.4 | 14.5 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 18.8 | 519 |
| Higher grade or equiv | 69.4 | 65.0 | 73.8 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 17.1 | 693 |
| Standard grade or equiv | 66.9 | 63.0 | 70.7 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 13.3 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 18.1 | 15.1 | 21.1 | 882 |
| Other school level | 43.6 | 37.3 | 49.8 | 13.4 | 9.1 | 17.8 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 6.8 | 38.9 | 33.0 | 44.8 | 313 |
| No qualifications | 41.3 | 37.6 | 45.0 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 43.2 | 39.5 | 46.9 | 1043 |
| Longstanding Illness | |||||||||||||
| Limiting Long Illness | 40.7 | 37.6 | 43.7 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 13.7 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 41.7 | 38.6 | 44.8 | 1677 |
| Non limiting Long Illness | 67.5 | 63.2 | 71.7 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 16.8 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 14.9 | 11.9 | 17.8 | 707 |
| No Long Illness | 73.6 | 71.4 | 75.8 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 12.7 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 12.6 | 2419 |
| Marital Status | |||||||||||||
| Married/civil partnership | 64.1 | 61.8 | 66.4 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 12.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 21.9 | 2536 |
| Living as married | 71.8 | 67.1 | 76.5 | 11.8 | 8.5 | 15.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 13.7 | 10.2 | 17.2 | 497 |
| Single | 66.9 | 63.2 | 70.5 | 12.7 | 9.7 | 15.6 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 15.5 | 12.7 | 18.2 | 888 |
| separated | 64.8 | 55.7 | 74.0 | 9.0 | 4.2 | 13.8 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 10.4 | 20.8 | 13.0 | 28.6 | 121 |
| Divorced/dissolved | 48.0 | 42.2 | 53.8 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 38.1 | 32.1 | 44.1 | 311 |
| Widowed/surviving | 31.6 | 26.6 | 36.6 | 14.3 | 10.6 | 18.0 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 8.4 | 48.2 | 43.1 | 53.3 | 453 |
| Cigarette smoking | |||||||||||||
| Current cigarette smoker. | 57.1 | 53.5 | 60.8 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 15.4 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 25.7 | 22.5 | 28.8 | 1103 |
| Ex smoker | 59.4 | 56.2 | 62.6 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 24.3 | 21.6 | 26.9 | 1463 |
| Never smoked cigarettes at all | 66.9 | 64.3 | 69.4 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 12.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 17.6 | 15.7 | 19.5 | 2222 |
| Life Satisfaction | |||||||||||||
| 0-7 | 54.3 | 51.2 | 57.3 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 13.3 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 29.9 | 27.1 | 32.7 | 1699 |
| 8-10 | 67.2 | 65.2 | 69.3 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 13.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 17.6 | 3097 |
| BMI Status | |||||||||||||
| less than 30 | 69.3 | 67.2 | 71.5 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 12.0 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 17.5 | 2824 |
| 30 and over. | 54.3 | 50.8 | 57.8 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 16.4 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 8.0 | 25.6 | 22.5 | 28.6 | 1211 |
| Mental Wellbeing | |||||||||||||
| less than mean score | 37.4 | 32.7 | 42.1 | 15.1 | 11.2 | 18.9 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 42.9 | 38.2 | 47.6 | 530 |
| mean + | 66.9 | 65.0 | 68.9 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 18.8 | 3805 |
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