Race/ethnicity, social class, and leisure-time physical inactivity.
PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to determine 1) prevalence of leisure-time physical inactivity in a nationally representative sample of non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic men and women; 2) prevalence of leisure-time inactivity by racial/ethnic group across social class indicat...
| Published in: | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 44 - 52 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Jan2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105996549&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105996549 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01959131 4DP jtl: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise issn: 01959131 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2007 vid: 39 iid: 1 pid: 433 pub: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins place: Baltimore, Maryland artinfo: ui: 105996549 2009539855 10.1249/01.mss.0000239401.16381.37 NLM17218883 105996549 ppf: 44 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Race/ethnicity, social class, and leisure-time physical inactivity. aug: au: Marshall SJ Jones DA Ainsworth BE Reis JP Levy SS Macera CA sug: subj: Ethnic Groups Leisure Activities Motor Activity Population Social Class Adolescence Adult Aged Female Male Middle Age Surveys United States Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to determine 1) prevalence of leisure-time physical inactivity in a nationally representative sample of non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic men and women; 2) prevalence of leisure-time inactivity by racial/ethnic group across social class indicators; and 3) the relationship between leisure-time inactivity and occupational physical activity, independent of other social class indicators. METHODS: The National Physical Activity and Weight Loss Survey was a telephone survey of noninstitutionalized U.S. adults (4695 men, 6516 women) conducted by random digit dialing between September and December 2002. Self-reported physical activity was assessed using questions from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Respondents who reported no moderate- or vigorous-intensity physical activity during leisure time in a usual week were classified as inactive. Indicators of social class were education, family income, employment status, and marital status. RESULTS: Age-adjusted prevalence of leisure-time inactivity was 9.9% +/- 0.6 SE (standard error) and 12.0 +/- 0.6 for white men and women, respectively; 19.0 +/- 2.5 and 25.2 +/- 2.1 for non-Hispanic black men and women, and 20.9 +/- 2.1 and 27.3 +/- 2.5 for Hispanic men and women. Within each racial/ethnic group, prevalence of leisure-time inactivity was highest among participants of lower social class. Differences in inactivity by racial/ethnic group were less evident after adjustment for social class. Odds of inactivity were similar across quartiles of occupational physical activity after adjustment for age, sex, and social class. CONCLUSIONS: Non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics were more inactive during their leisure time than were non-Hispanic whites. Social class but not occupational physical activity seems to moderate the relationship between race/ethnicity and leisure-time physical inactivity. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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