Mood Disorders among Older Adults Participating in Individual and Group Active Environments: “Me” versus “Us,” or Both?

Table 1

Sample descriptive statistics for all variables in the analyses (𝑁=44,057).

Variable and category	n	(%)
Mood disorders
Yes	3073	7.0
No	40,984	93.0
Active environment
Group only	41	0.1
Individual only	36,659	83.2
Group + individual	1356	3.1
Neither	6001	13.6
Age (years)
50–54	8776	19.9
55–59	8767	19.9
60–64	7850	17.8
65–69	5949	13.5
70–74	4809	10.9
75–79	3866	8.8
80 years and greater	4040	9.2
Sex
Males	20,095	45.6
Females	23,962	54.4
Marital status
Married	24,406	55.4
Common law	2315	5.3
Widowed/divorced	13,720	31.1
Single	3616	8.2
Physical activity index
Active (≥3.0 kcal/kg/day)	9597	21.8
Moderately active (1.5–2.9 kcal/kg/day)	11,482	26.1
Inactive (0–1.4 kcal/kg/day)	22,978	52.2
Frequency of binge drinking
Never	31,652	71.8
Less than once/month	6881	15.6
Once/month	1727	3.9
2-3 times/month	1342	3.0
Once/week	1342	3.0
More than once/week	1113	2.5
Type of smoker
Daily	7034	16.0
Occasional	1161	2.6
Never	35,862	81.4
Perceived life stress
Not at all	8612	19.5
Not very	13,011	29.5
A bit	15,508	35.2
Quite a bit	5806	13.2
Extremely	1120	2.5