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. 2007 Nov 30;11(5):211–218. doi: 10.2188/jea.11.211

Table 3. Distribution of the responses from 1,880 subjects to Questions 1-3 in the first survey by sex and age group.

Age (yr) Men Women


22-39 40-59 60-79 22-39 40-59 60-79
N(%) N(%) N(%) N(%) N(%) N(%)
Question 1 : time spent on sports
and physical exercise
little (S=0) 38 ( 49.4) 231 ( 73.1) 247 ( 61.0) 25 ( 56.8) 332 ( 69.0) 347 ( 64.1)
1-2hr/week (S=1.5) 25 ( 32.5) 47 ( 14.9) 64 ( 15.8) 17 ( 38.6) 78 ( 16.2) 100 ( 18.5)
3-4hr/week (S=3.5) 10 ( 13.0) 24 ( 7.6) 35 ( 8.6) 2 ( 4.5) 39 ( 8.1) 47 ( 8.7)
>=5hr/week (S=5) 4 ( 5.2) 14 ( 4.4) 59 ( 14.6) 0 32 ( 6.7) 47 ( 8.7)
Total 77 (100.0) 316 (100.0) 405 (100.0) 44 (100.0) 481 (100.0) 541 (100.0)

Question 2 :daily walking time
little (S=0) 2 ( 2.6) 49 ( 15.8) 47 ( 11.7) 2 ( 4.8) 55 ( 11.6) 49 ( 9.3)
about 30min (S=0.5) 22 ( 28.6) 47 ( 15.2) 62 ( 15.4) 13 ( 31.0) 79 ( 16.7) 82 ( 15.5)
30min-1hr (S=0.75) 30 ( 39.0) 67 ( 21.6) 87 ( 21.6) 13 ( 31.0) 87 ( 18.4) 130 (24.6)
>1hr (S=1) 23 ( 29.9) 147 ( 47.4) 207 ( 51.4) 14 ( 33.3) 253 ( 53.4) 268 ( 50.7)
Total 77 (100.0) 310 (100.0) 403 (100.0) 42 (100.0) 474 (100.0) 529 (100.0)

Question 3 : frequency of sports
and physical exercise
seldom (S=0) 19 ( 24.7) 184 ( 58.8) 227 ( 57.8) 14 ( 31.8) 310 ( 65.4) 320 ( 60.7)
sometimes (S=0.5) 36 ( 46.8) 83 ( 26.5) 74 ( 18.8) 14 ( 31.8) 71 ( 15.0) 83 ( 15.7)
about once/week (S=1) 12 ( 15.6) 26 ( 8.9) 22 ( 5.6) 13 ( 29.5) 41 ( 8.6) 40 ( 7.6)
>=twice /week (S=2) 10 ( 13.0) 18 ( 5.8) 70 ( 17.8) 3 ( 6.8) 52 ( 11.0) 84 ( 15.9)
Total 77 (100.0) 313 (100.0) 393 (100.0) 44 (100.0) 474 (100.0) 527 (100.0)

S in parentheses: Scores used for calculating weighted kappa coefficients.

Total number of subjects varied by question because of missing values.