Active Aging: Exploration into Self-Ratings of “Being Active,” Out-of-Home Physical Activity, and Participation among Older Australian Adults Living in Four Different Settings

Table 3

Self-ratings of being healthy and of being active and days ventured out of home over a seven-day period.

	Inner city; ( = 12)	City suburban; ( = 12)	Regional city; ( = 12)	Rural town; ( = 12)	Totals (%); ( = 48)
Being active^a
Very inactive	1	—	—	—	1 (2.1)
Inactive	1	—	—	—	1 (2.1)
Somewhat active	3	4	4	3	14 (29.2)
Active	6	4	6	7	23 (47.9)
Very active	1	4	2	2	9 (18.8)
Being healthy^b
Very unhealthy	—	—	—	—	—
Unhealthy	1	3	2	1	7 (14.6)
Okay	2	2	—	5	9 (18.8)
Healthy	5	4	8	5	22 (45.8)
Very healthy	4	3	2	1	10 (20.8)
Number of days ventured out of home^*
Two	1	1	—	—	2 (4.2)
Four	1	1	—	1	3 (6.3)
Five	—	2	4	1	7 (14.6)
Six	4	2	5	4	15 (31.3)
Seven	6	6	3	6	21 (43.8)
Mean (overall mean = 6.00)	6.00	5.83	5.92	6.25	N/A
Median (overall median = 6.00)	6.50	6.50	6.00	6.50	N/A

^aSurvey item: “think about the things you do during an average week. How active would you describe yourself to be?”; coding: 1 = very inactive; 2 = inactive; 3 = somewhat active; 4 = active; 5 = very active.
^bSurvey item: “how healthy are you?”; coding: 1 = very unhealthy; 2 = healthy; 3 = okay; 4 = healthy; 5 = very healthy.
^*Number of days ventured out of home significantly related to self-ratings of being active at P = <0.05.