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Table 1 Sample profile (2007–2011) of respondents defined as ‘never-walkers’, and mean minutes of walking for those defined as ‘walkers’ 1

From: Change in walking for transport: a longitudinal study of the influence of neighbourhood disadvantage and individual-level socioeconomic position in mid-aged adults

 

Never-walkers 2

Minutes of walking 3

 

2007 (n = 9,488)

2009 (n = 6,392)

2011 (n = 5,609)

2007 (n = 4,666)

2009 (n = 3,595)

2011 (n = 3,284)

 

%

%

%

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Overall

65.3

61.9

62.0

70.4 (67.2 – 73.6)

64.6 (61.0 - 68.2)

60.4 (57.1-63.8)

Neighborhood disadvantage

      

Q5 (Least disadvantaged)

68.2

64.2

65.1

63.9 (57.8-70.0)

56.8 (50.6-63.1)

54.3 (48.4-60.1)

Q4

66.1

63.6

62.9

66.0 (59.8-72.3)

63.0 (55.9-70.2)

63.2 (55.7-70.7)

Q3

65.3

61.2

61.7

71.4 (64.0-78.8)

62.5 (54.6-70.5)

59.1 (51.9-66.4)

Q2

62.3

58.7

57.3

74.4 (66.9-81.9)

67.1 (59.0-75.2)

65.6 (57.5-73.8)

Q1 (Most disadvantaged)

61.9

59.2

60.2

82.1 (72.9-91.4)

81.1 (69.3-93.0)

62.4 (53.0-71.8)

Highest attained education

      

Bachelor’s degree or higher

56.6

52.9

53.4

72.8 (67.6-77.9)

66.0 (60.5-71.5)

64.9 (59.8-70.0)

Diploma/Associate diploma

63.6

61.8

60.5

70.8 (61.4-80.3)

61.3 (50.6-71.9)

57.3 (47.1-67.6)

Vocational (trade/business)

69.6

65.8

66.4

70.4 (62.2-78.6)

63.6 (54.8-72.4)

55.7 (49.0-62.4)

School

70.6

67.7

68.1

67.7 (62.3-73.0)

64.7 (58.3-71.0)

58.6 (52.2-65.1)

Occupation

      

Managers & Professionals

61.7

56.7

56.8

68.4 (63.3-73.5)

64.1 (58.7-69.5)

68.1 (62.3-73.8)

White collar

65.1

60.6

61.2

67.4 (61.6-73.2)

67.9 (60.1-75.7)

58.0 (51.3-64.7)

Blue Collar

73.9

72.1

70.5

73.4 (63.1-83.7)

69.1 (55.1-83.2)

71.9 (58.6-85.1)

Home duties

71.1

68.1

74.3

54.1 (41.0-67.2)

49.9 (37.1-62.0)

51.0 (35.7-66.3)

Retired

68.9

64.7

66.3

58.2 (47.9-68.5)

57.2 (45.7-68.7)

37.9 (32.4-43.3)

Missing (includes NEC)

61.0

61.5

57.0

88.5 (79.0-97.9)

68.8 (60.3-77.3)

71.0 (59.6-82.3)

Household income

      

$130,000 pa or more

64.3

59.5

56.7

69.3 (61.5-77.2)

60.8 (54.3-67.3)

68.8 (61.2-76.3)

$72,800 - $129,999

63.8

58.4

60.7

68.6 (62.8-74.3)

65.7 (59.3-72.1)

60.4 (54.3-66.4)

$52,000 - $72,799

63.4

63.3

63.0

67.5 (60.2-74.5)

60.8 (51.2-70.4)

53.3 (44.6-62.0)

$26,000 - $51,999

67.5

64.9

65.4

72.1 (64.4-79.7)

61.4 (52.9-69.9)

57.1 (48.6-65.5)

$0 - $25,999

62.0

63.2

59.7

84.1 (71.5-96.7)

70.0 (57.3-82.7)

63.0 (50.9-75.1)

Missing

70.2

64.9

67.8

66.4 (57.6-75.3)

71.2 (59.2-83.2)

55.9 (47.5-64.4)

  1. 1Bivariate results, unadjusted for any other factors.
  2. 2Respondents who indicated no walking for transport for all three waves, or for two waves (if they only responded twice), or for one wave (if they only responded once).
  3. 3Respondents who reportedly walked for transport for at least one wave.
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