Hours per week of utilitarian walking, by selected characteristics, household population aged 20 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2011
Table 2Characteristics | Less than 1 hour (n = 2,451) | 1 to 5 hours (n = 3,438) | More than 5 hours (n = 1,271) | 2 | p | ||||||
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% | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | ||||||
from | to | from | to | from | to | ||||||
Sex | 22.6 | < 0.001 | |||||||||
Men | 40.1 | 35.7 | 44.8 | 44.6 | 40.9 | 48.4 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 17.7 | ||
Women | 28.4 | 25.3 | 31.8 | 51.4 | 48.1 | 54.6 | 20.2 | 17.4 | 23.4 | ||
Education | 4.2 | 0.009 | |||||||||
Less than college | 37.2 | 33.1 | 41.5 | 44.2 | 39.9 | 48.5 | 18.6 | 15.4 | 22.3 | ||
College | 32.0 | 27.8 | 36.6 | 49.0 | 44.3 | 53.7 | 19.0 | 16.0 | 22.4 | ||
University | 30.0 | 25.1 | 35.5 | 54.5 | 49.5 | 59.4 | 15.5 | 12.5 | 19.1 | ||
Household income | 5.0 | 0.003 | |||||||||
Less than $40,000 | 33.6 | 28.9 | 38.6 | 44.5 | 40.3 | 48.7 | 21.9 | 18.4 | 25.9 | ||
$40,000 to $79,999 | 36.1 | 31.9 | 40.6 | 47.7 | 44.7 | 50.8 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 19.0 | ||
$80,000 or more | 32.9 | 29.1 | 36.8 | 51.1 | 47.9 | 54.3 | 16.0 | 13.6 | 18.8 | ||
Age group | 8.6 | < 0.001 | |||||||||
20 to 39 | 28.7 | 24.3 | 33.5 | 51.6 | 48.4 | 54.8 | 19.8 | 16.4 | 23.7 | ||
40 to 59 | 37.6 | 33.8 | 41.6 | 45.6 | 41.9 | 49.3 | 16.9 | 14.5 | 19.5 | ||
60 to 79 | 37.6 | 34.4 | 41.0 | 46.4 | 43.4 | 49.5 | 15.9 | 13.8 | 18.4 | ||
Daily physical activity | 14.6 | < 0.001 | |||||||||
Usually sit | 37.2 | 32.4 | 42.3 | 51.2 | 46.8 | 55.6 | 11.6 | 8.8 | 15.1 | ||
Stand, walk, lift weights | 32.9 | 29.4 | 36.6 | 46.6 | 44.1 | 49.2 | 20.5 | 17.9 | 23.2 | ||
Notes: Chi-squared (2) values are adjusted for complex survey design and weighted to represent Canadian population. Sources: 2007-to-2009 and 2009-to-2011 Canadian Health Measures Surveys, combined. |
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