Safety from Crime and Physical Activity among Older Adults: A Population-Based Study in Brazil

Table 1

Description of the sample according to demographic, socioeconomic, and health conditions in older adults. Florianopolis, South Brazil, 2009/2010.

Variables	𝑛 (%)	Leisure time physical activity		Commuting physical activity
		≥150 min/wk (%)	𝑃^∗∗	≥150 min/wk (%)	𝑃^∗∗
Gender			<0.001		<0.001
Females	1058 (63.9)	26.3		23.4
Males	598 (36.1)	35.6		36.1
Age (years)			<0.001		<0.001
60 to 69	846 (51.1)	33.7		31.7
70 to 79	596 (36.0)	28.5		27.2
80 or more	214 (12.9)	16.2		14.2
Skin color			0.46		0.80
White	1410 (86.8)	30.3		28.1
Mixed	131 (8.0)	25.2		29.0
Black	84 (5.2)	28.6		25.0
Marital status			<0.001		<0.001
Married	974 (58.8)	32.0		29.5
Single, separated, or divorced	225 (13.6)	33.8		35.1
Widowed	457 (27.6)	22.5		21.2
Per capita monthly income			<0.001		0.01
Lower tertile	552 (33.3)	23.2		25.7
Middle tertile	550 (33.2)	27.5		25.5
Highest tertile	554 (33.5)	38.3		35.7
Schooling (years)			<0.001		<0.001
0 to 8	1031 (62.6)	23.1		24.4
9 to11	231 (14.0)	35.1		39.4
12 or more	386 (23.4)	44.3		30.8
Disability score*			<0.001		<0.001
No disability	458 (27.7)	39.5		38.9
Mild disability	707 (42.7)	31.8		29.7
Moderate/severe disability	491 (29.6)	17.3		15.3
Self-reported health status			<0.001		<0.001
Excellent/good	848 (51.2)	37.4		33.1
Fair	642 (38.8)	22.3		24.1
Poor/very poor	165 (10.0)	18.8		16.4

Notes: *Measured by the activities of daily living scale.
^∗∗𝑃 value of Chi-square test.