Health, health behaviour and physical inactivity
| Variable (yes response) | Sample | Male | Female | ||||
| Physically activity levels | Physically activity levels | ||||||
| Inactive | Active | Statistic | Inactive | Active | Statistic | ||
| N (%) | % | % | P value | % | % | P value | |
| Self-rated health (poor or fair) | 26 296 (39.7) | 48.1 | 51.9 | <0.001 | 37.6 | 27.9 | <0.001 |
| Functional disability | 17 700 (28.8) | 58.1 | 38.4 | <0.001 | 40.6 | 28.1 | <0.001 |
| Physical pain | 7934 (12.5) | 41.9 | 42.7 | 0.630 | 32.7 | 32.3 | 0.763 |
| Back pain or problem | 24 519 (31.5) | 43.2 | 42.4 | 0.583 | 33.2 | 31.9 | 0.219 |
| Bone and joint diseases | 10 163 (15.7) | 48.4 | 41.8 | <0.001 | 36.3 | 31.5 | 0.002 |
| Hearing problem | 4874 (6.6) | 53.1 | 41.8 | <0.001 | 39.9 | 31.9 | <0.001 |
| Vision impaired | 6060 (8.7) | 58.3 | 41.2 | <0.001 | 49.1 | 30.7 | <0.001 |
| Overweight/obesity | 20 497 (42.5) | 42.5 | 40.8 | 0.152 | 30.8 | 32.4 | 0.178 |
| Diabetes | 8716 (11.6) | 49.7 | 41.6 | <0.001 | 35.9 | 31.9 | 0.082 |
| Hypertension | 27 964 (40.4) | 46.0 | 39.1 | <0.001 | 36.0 | 29.2 | <0.001 |
| Heart disease or stroke | 3514 (5.2) | 60.2 | 41.4 | <0.001 | 43.3 | 31.9 | <0.001 |
| Angina | 5953 (8.6) | 44.4 | 42.5 | 0.290 | 34.4 | 32.2 | 0.138 |
| Lung disease | 3902 (6.3) | 47.2 | 42.3 | 0.117 | 42.5 | 31.8 | <0.001 |
| Depressive symptoms | 17 650 (27.6) | 45.6 | 41.0 | <0.001 | 38.0 | 29.4 | <0.001 |
| Insomnia symptoms | 8367 (12.7) | 50.0 | 41.6 | <0.001 | 40.6 | 31.1 | <0.001 |
| Current tobacco use | 31 074 (30.4) | 37.3 | 47.9 | <0.001 | 29.5 | 32.9 | 0.003 |
| Heavy alcohol use | 2600 (2.9) | 40.2 | 42.8 | 0.259 | 27.2 | 32.4 | 0.259 |
| Social participation | 40 128 (54.5) | 39.6 | 47.4 | <0.001 | 27.6 | 37.4 | <0.001 |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||
| Cognitive functioning (scale) | 18.7 (5.1) | 19.2 (4.7) | 20.1 (4.6) | <0.001 | 16.8 (5.2) | 18.4 (5.2) | <0.001 |