Research Article
“Conviv\^{e}ncia” Groups: Building Active and Healthy Communities of Older Adults in Brazil
Table 2
Participation of the older adults in “convivência groups”, 2002 and 2010 in Florianópolis, Brazil.
| | Participate in “Convivência" groups 2002
(N = 875) | Participate in “Convivência" groups 2010
(N = 1705) | | No | Yes | | P value | No | Yes | | P value |
| | Gender N (%) | | | | | | | | | | Male | 387 (55.1) | 50 (29.1) | 37524.0 | <0.001 | 409 (41.4) | 207 (28.8) | 28.635 | <0.001 | | Female | 315 (44.9) | 122 (70.9) | 578 (58.6) | 511 (71.2) | | Age N (%) | | | | | | | | | | 60–69 | 323 (46) | 79 (45.9) | 1337.0 | 0.512 | 525 (53.2) | 411 (57.2) | 9600 | 0.008 | | 70–79 | 264 (37.6) | 59 (34.3) | 323 (32.7) | 241 (33.6) | | >80 | 115 (16.4) | 34 (19.8) | 139 (14.1) | 66 (9.2) | | Marital status, N (%) | | | | | | | | | | Married | 451 (64.2) | 84 (48.8) | 20.9 | <0.001 | 592 (60) | 401 (55.8) | 7.267 | 0.064 | | Widow | 23 (3.3) | 7 (4.1) | 60 (6.1) | 39 (5.4) | | Divorced | 50 (7.1) | 8 (4.7) | 81 (8.2) | 51 (7.1) | | Single | 178 (25.4) | 73 (42.4) | 254 (25.7) | 227 (31.6) | | Educational levels, N (%) | | | | | | | | | | None | 145 (20.7) | 30 (17.4) | 0.91 | 0.637 | 96 (9.8) | 65 (9.1) | 0.338 | 0.845 | | 1 to 8 years | 378 (53.8) | 97 (56.4) | 439 (44.8) | 328 (45.9) | | More than 8 years | 179 (25.5) | 45 (26.2) | 444 (45.4) | 321 (45) | | Socio-economic levels (in MMW*), N (%)# | | | | | | | | | | Up to 2 | 317 (45.3) | 80 (46.5) | 0.72 | 0.868 | 643 (65.1) | 454 (63.2) | 0.777 | 0.678 | | 2 to 6 | 168 (24) | 43 (25) | 242 (24.5) | 189 (26.3) | | More than 6 | 201 (28.7) | 47 (27.3) | 102 (10.3) | 75 (10.4) | | Physical activity level, N (%) | | | | | | | | | | Less active | 501 (71.4) | 118 (68.6) | 0.51 | 0.266 | 530 (53.7) | 330 (46) | 9.953 | 0.002 | | More active | 201 (28.6) | 54 (31.4) | 457 (46.3) | 388 (54) |
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MW: Brazilian monthly minimum wage; #16 participants did not answer this question.
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