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Table 1 Respondent characteristics among three physical activity groups stratified by gender

From: Recommended level of physical activity and health-related quality of life among Japanese adults

 

Male (n = 575, 49.9%)

Female (n = 577, 50.1%)

 

recommended

insufficient

inactive

recommended

insufficient

inactive

N

158

273

144

126

276

175

%

27.48

47.48

25.04

21.84

47.83

30.33

Mean Age (SD)

38.72(12.16)

40.08(10.75)

39.22(9.90)

40.12(11.86)

39.46(10.49)

38.34(10.94)

Age group N (%)

      

   20–29

54 (36.99)

59 (40.41)

33 (22.60)

32 (22.07)

62 (42.76)

51 (35.17)

   30–39

28 (19.45)

77 (53.47)

39 (27.08)

25 (17.24)

75 (51.72)

45 (31.03)

   40–49

33 (22.92)

70 (48.61)

41 (28.47)

32 (22.38)

76 (53.15)

35 (24.47)

   50–59

43 (30.50)

67 (47.52)

41 (21.98)

37 (25.69)

63 (43.75)

44 (30.56)

Maital status N (%)

      

   married

90 (26.63)

160 (47.34)

88 (26.04)

89 (22.70)

181 (46.17)

122 (31.12)

   unmarried

68 (28.69)

113 (47.68)

56 (23.63)

37 (20.00)

95 (51.35)

53 (28.65)

Educational level N (%)

      

   4-years university or greater

103 (28.30)

178 (48.90)

83 (22.80)

43 (22.51)

104 (54.45)

44 (23.04)

   2-years university or equivalent

11 (15.07)

36 (49.32)

26 (35.62)

45 (20.55)

109 (49.77)

65 (29.68)

   high school or junior high school

43 (32.09)

57 (42.54)

38 (25.37)

38 (23.90)

58 (36.48)

63 (39.62)

   other

1 (25.00)

2 (50.00)

1 (25.00)

0 (00.00)

5 (62.50)

3 (37.50)

Household income level N (%)

      

   <3,000,000 yen

27 (31.40)

39 (45.35)

20 (23.26)

18 (20.22)

40 (44.94)

31 (34.83)

   <5,000,000 yen

40 (26.49)

64 (42.38)

47 (31.13)

41 (23.03)

71 (39.89)

66 (37.08)

   <7,000,000 yen

28 (24.78)

54 (47.79)

31 (27.43)

29 (24.17)

63 (52.50)

28 (23.33)

   <10,000,000 yen

38 (25.50)

78 (52.35)

33 (22.15)

22 (18.18)

65 (53.72)

34 (28.10)

   <15,000,000 yen

19 (32.76)

31 (53.45)

8 (13.79)

13 (23.64)

30 (54.55)

12 (21.82)

   ≥15,000,000 yen

6 (33.33)

7 (38.89)

5 (27.78)

3 (21.43)

7 (50.00)

4 (28.57)