Table 1 Description of the study population, England 2008–2012
Increasing PT (% of total sample) | Initiating PT (% of total sample) | |
|---|---|---|
Overall Na | 4834 | 2064 |
Mean age at t0 (SD) | 64.8 (8.7) | 65.0 (9.6) |
Men | 46.9 | 52.5 |
Women | 53.1 | 47.5 |
Never eligible for bus pass | 23.3 | 26.7 |
Became eligible | 9.1 | 9.4 |
Always eligible | 67.7 | 63.9 |
Never used PT at t0 | 42.3 | 100 |
Used PT once/month or less at t0 | 33.0 | 0 |
Used PT 2–3/month at t0 | 7.2 | 0 |
Used PT once/week at t0 | 6.5 | 0 |
Used PT 2–3/week at t0 | 10.9 | 0 |
Middle wealth group t0 | 20.6 | 22.1 |
Lowest wealth group t0 | 14.2 | 16.5 |
Second wealth group t0 | 18.3 | 21.1 |
Fourth wealth group t0 | 22.7 | 20.8 |
Highest wealth group t0 | 24.1 | 19.5 |
Stable wealth t0 to t1 | 65.6 | 63.3 |
Wealth increase t0 to t1 | 16.5 | 17.4 |
Wealth decrease t0 to t1 | 17.9 | 19.4 |
Working t0 and t1 | 31.4 | 35.6 |
Retired t0 to t1 | 18.4 | 18.9 |
Retired t0 and t1 | 50.2 | 45.4 |
Physically inactive t0 and t1 | 11.3 | 17.8 |
Took up physical activity t0 to t1 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
Stopped physical activity t0 to t1 | 10.4 | 12.1 |
At least some physical activity t0 & t1 | 70.8 | 62.5 |
Access to a car t0 and t1 | 85.9 | 88.5 |
Lost access to car t0 to t1 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
Gained access to car t0 to t1 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
No access to a car t0 to t1 | 7.2 | 4.7 |
No ADLs t0 to t1 | 76.5 | 70.1 |
Developed ADLs t0 to t1 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
Recovered from ADL t0 to t1 | 6.0 | 6.1 |
ADLs t0 and t1 | 9.6 | 14.0 |
No mobility problems t0 to t1 | 35.6 | 31.4 |
Developed mobility problems t0 to t1 | 12.4 | 13.2 |
Improved mobility problems t0 to t1 | 10.1 | 9.2 |
Mobility problems both t0 and t1 | 41.9 | 46.3 |
Same address t0 to t1 | 92.6 | 91.7 |
Moved address t0 to t1 | 7.4 | 8.3 |