Research Article
Physical and Leisure Activity in Older Community-Dwelling Canadians Who Use Wheelchairs: A Population Study
Table 2
Description of Canadian Community Health Survey 3.1 subsample 1 respondents aged 60 and over.
| | Population estimates | Walk () | Walk with assistance () | Wheelchair user () | | 4738248 | 523577 | 99992 | | (88.4%) | (11.3%) | (1.9%) |
| | Sociodemographic variables | | | | | Age mean (SD), range | 69.6 (7.4), 60–100 | 76.8 (8.7), 60–98 | 76.4 (9.5), 60–93 | | Sex (%) | | | | | Male | 47.4 | 34.9 | 38 | | Female | 52.6 | 65.1 | 62 | | Marital status (%) | | | | | Married/common law | 68.5 | 45.6 | 49.2 | | Single/widowed/divorced | 31.5 | 54.4 | 50.8 | | Graduated high school (%) | | | | | Yes | 51.7 | 38.3 | 46.7 | | No | 48.3 | 61.2 | 53.3 | | Income (%) | | | | | | 8.3 | 85 | 81.4 | | | 91.7 | 15 | 18.6 |
| | Health-related variables | | | | | BMI (m/Kg2), mean (SD) | 26.1 (4.3) | 27.4 (5.9) | 26.6 (5.9) | | Smoker type (%) | | | | | Daily/occasionally | 12.6 | 12.6 | 15.1 | | Never | 87.3 | 87.4 | 84.9 | | Alcohol consumption (%) | | | | | Regular/occasional | 72.8 | 56.4 | 57.4 | | Former/never | 27.2 | 43.6 | 42.6 | | Has a chronic condition (%) | | | | | Yes | 88 | 97.9 | 100 | | No | 12 | 2.1 | — |
| | Dependent variables | | | | | Physical activity index (%) | | | | | Active/moderately active | 48.4 | 16.5 | 8.3 | | Inactive | 51.6 | 83.5 | 91.7 | | Participate leisure activity (%) | | | | | Yes | 88.9 | 64.6 | 41.3 | | No | 11.1 | 35.4 | 58.7 | | Self rated health (%) | | | | | Poor/fair | 18.1 | 56.8 | 74.2 | | Good/very Good/excellent | 81.9 | 43.2 | 25.8 |
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Note: results are weighted to provide proportional representation of the Canadian population.
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