Neighborhood safety and physical inactivity in adults from Curitiba, Brazil

Table 2 Association between safe perception in the neighborhood and sociodemographic variables

		Unsafe perception in the neighborhood
Variables		Crimes			Walking during the day			Walking during the night
Variables		n	%	p	n	%	p	n	%	p
Sex
	Men	243	50.3	0.661	59	12.2	0.005	347	71.8	<0.001
	Women	383	49.0		142	18.2		633	81.0
Age group (ages)
	18–29	118	42.1	0.08	32	11.4	0.001	206	73.6	0.001
	30–39	137	56.1		26	10.7		175	71.7
	40–49	139	48.3		50	17.4		228	79.2
	50–59	147	50.2		66	22.5		239	81.6
	≥ 60	85	53.5		27	17.0		132	83.0
Marital status
	Single	258	48.0	0.366	89	16.6	0.575	405	75.4	0.122
	Married	368	50.6		112	15.4		575	79.1
Weight status
	Underweight/Normal	322	49.6	0.948	89	13.7	0.029	502	77.3	0.874
	Overweight/Obesity	304	49.4		112	18.2		478	77.7
Socioeconomic status
	Low	231	48.3	0.049	76	15.9		376	78.7	0.462
	Medium	304	48.2		106	16.8		490	77.7
	High	90	58.8		19	12.4	0.414	113	73.9
Children
	Yes	172	49.0	0.818	49	14.0	0.242	255	72.6	0.010
	No	454	49.7		152	16.6		725	79.4
Private transport use
	None	158	47.2	0.060	54	16.1	0.164	271	80.9	0.226
	1 to 5 days/week	227	47.0		87	18.0		368	76.2
	6 to 7 days/week	241	54.0		60	13.5		341	76.5
Home facilities to PA
	None	357	48.4	0.361	106	14.4	0.081	588	79.8	0.023
	≥ 1	269	51.0		95	18.0		392	74.4

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