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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