Which Neighborhood Destinations Matter in the Asian Context? The Role of Destinations in Older Adults’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors

Table 1

Characteristics of the study participants ().

	Total sample ()		Older men ()		Older women ()
		%		%		%	value^a
Age group (years)							0.26
65-74	669	64.3%	329	62.7%	340	66.0%
75+	371	35.7%	196	37.3%	175	34.0%
Marital status							<0.001
Married	789	75.9%	428	81.5%	361	70.1%
Unmarried	251	24.1%	97	18.5%	154	29.9%
Employment status							0.001
Full-time job	107	10.3%	71	13.5%	36	7.0%
No full-time job	933	89.7%	454	86.5%	479	93.0%
Educational level (years)							<0.001
<13	722	69.4%	336	64.0%	386	75.0%
≥13	318	30.6%	189	36.0%	129	25.0%
Living status							0.83
Alone	149	14.3%	74	14.1%	75	14.6%
With others	891	85.7%	451	85.9%	440	85.4%
Current smoking status							<0.001
Yes	73	7.0%	66	12.6%	7	1.4%
No	967	93.0%	459	87.4%	508	98.6%
Alcohol consumption							<0.001
Yes	101	9.7%	89	17.0%	12	2.3%
No	939	90.3%	436	83.0%	503	97.7%
Healthy diet							0.04
Yes	856	82.3%	420	80.0%	436	84.7%
No	184	17.7%	105	20.0%	79	15.3%
BMI (kg/m^2)							0.52
Normal weight	549	52.8%	272	51.8%	277	53.8%
Not normal weight	491	47.2%	253	48.2%	238	46.2%
Self-rated health							0.07
Good	493	47.4%	266	50.7%	227	44.1%
Fair	419	40.3%	194	37.0%	225	43.7%
Poor	128	12.3%	65	12.4%	63	12.2%
Physical activity							0.49
150+ min/week	825	79.3%	412	78.5%	413	80.2%
<150 min/week	215	20.7%	113	21.5%	102	19.8%
Sedentary behavior							0.35
8+ hours/day	321	30.9%	169	32.2%	152	29.5%
<8 hours/day	719	69.1%	356	67.8%	363	70.5%

^aChi-square tests.
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