Table 2 Unadjusted prevalence of regular exercise in the different variable categories according to sex and survey year
Variable | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980/81 | 1988/89 | 1996/97 | 2004/05 | 1980/81 | 1988/89 | 1996/97 | 2004/05 | |
n | 2,448 | 2,363 | 2,344 | 1,943 | 2,418 | 2,338 | 2,337 | 1,971 |
Totals | 32.9 | 35.5 | 39.2 | 44.7 | 26.0 | 29.6 | 36.7 | 48.3 |
Age (years) | ||||||||
16-23 | 50.76) | 50.97) | 56.18) | 55.39) | 36.56) | 39.17) | 51.18) | 53.19) |
24-31 | 35.65) | 39.46) | 49.37) | 53.58) | 27.05) | 31.06) | 39.77) | 54.48) |
32-39 | 31.34) | 32.95) | 36.36) | 41.97) | 22.24) | 27.05) | 34.96) | 44.07) |
40-47 | 27.43) | 28.64) | 34.55) | 40.36) | 27.23) | 26.74) | 35.45) | 45.56) |
48-55 | 23.92) | 31.03) | 29.64) | 39.35) | 23.32) | 30.53) | 34.64) | 47.85) |
56-63 | 21.71) | 25.42) | 31.43) | 41.14) | 18.11) | 21.52) | 24.53) | 46.94) |
Education | ||||||||
Low-middle | 29.7 | 33.4 | 34.5 | 37.9 | 24.6 | 27.5 | 35.1 | 42.6 |
High | 39.5 | 38.8 | 44.8 | 50.3 | 30.9 | 33.8 | 38.9 | 52.5 |
BMI | ||||||||
Normal | 36.9 | 40.3 | 44.0 | 50.5 | 27.1 | 31.8 | 41.1 | 51.5 |
Overweight | 25.5 | 28.0 | 35.7 | 41.3 | 23.3 | 23.0 | 29.0 | 47.1 |
Obese | 16.3 | 15.9 | 18.2 | 30.0 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 28.1 |
Smoking | ||||||||
Never | 41.7 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 52.6 | 28.2 | 33.9 | 42.1 | 53.8 |
Former | 34.4 | 36.6 | 34.4 | 39.5 | 31.5 | 28.7 | 35.8 | 47.8 |
Daily | 21.9 | 20.7 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 20.0 | 23.1 | 27.2 | 34.4 |
Self-reported health status | ||||||||
Good | 36.1 | 38.2 | 42.4 | 47.4 | 28.3 | 32.0 | 40.1 | 52.1 |
Poor | 16.9 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 31.8 | 16.6 | 19.5 | 22.1 | 35.3 |