Community Assessment and Health Promotion
1998 Adult Behavior Risk Factor Survey, Results by Demographic Characteristics, Nashville/Davidson County

Exercise
Q66. During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
YES	79%	87%	84%	76%	71%	82%	77%	82%	77%	82%	65%	84%	83%	80%
NO	21%	13%	16%	24%	29%	18%	23%	18%	23%	18%	35%	16%	17%	20%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
YES	82%	73%	74%	65%	76%	84%	70%	72%	82%	88%	82%		62%
NO	18%	27%	26%	35%	24%	16%	30%	28%	18%	12%	18%		38%
Q67. How many times per week or per month did you take part in this activity during the past month? (asked of those who acknowledged participation in any physical activity - n=2474 respondents)
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
1-10 DAYS PER MONTH	60%	53%	63%	59%	57%	61%	59%	59%	61%	62%	61%	66%	57%	64%
11-20 DAYS PER MONTH	28%	35%	27%	28%	27%	27%	29%	29%	28%	27%	23%	25%	32%	28%
21-31 DAYS PER MONTH	12%	12%	11%	13%	16%	13%	12%	13%	11%	11%	15%	9%	11%	8%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
1-10 DAYS PER MONTH	60%	61%	56%	60%	62%	59%	56%	63%	60%	56%	60%		63%
11-20 DAYS PER MONTH	28%	27%	31%	24%	25%	30%	31%	25%	28%	33%	28%		26%
21-31 DAYS PER MONTH	12%	13%	12%	17%	14%	11%	13%	12%	12%	12%	12%		11%
Q68. And when you took part in this activity, for how many minutes did you usually keep it up? (asked of those who acknowledged participation in any physical activity - n=2427 respondents)
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
30 MIN OR LESS	43%	33%	40%	45%	53%	34%	51%	43%	45%	34%	56%	43%	44%	45%
31 MIN-1 HOUR	40%	41%	42%	39%	31%	41%	38%	40%	38%	44%	33%	41%	41%	36%
>1 HOUR-2 HOURS	12%	22%	13%	9%	9%	16%	9%	10%	13%	17%	8%	11%	13%	15%
2+ HOURS	5%	5%	5%	6%	6%	9%	2%	6%	5%	5%	3%	5%	2%	4%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
30 MIN OR LESS	43%	41%	50%	53%	45%	40%	43%	47%	41%	39%	42%		54%
31 MIN-1 HOUR	40%	38%	44%	29%	36%	43%	42%	38%	41%	41%	40%		34%
>1 HOUR-2 HOURS	11%	16%	6%	12%	13%	12%	9%	12%	12%	12%	13%		8%
2+ HOURS	5%	6%	1%	6%	6%	5%	5%	3%	6%	7%	6%		4%
Q68A. At risk due to low exercise rates.
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
AT RISK	76%	64%	75%	78%	81%	72%	80%	75%	78%	74%	83%	77%	73%	78%
NOT AT RISK	24%	36%	25%	22%	19%	28%	20%	25%	22%	26%	17%	23%	27%	22%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
AT RISK	76%	76%	82%	83%	76%	75%	75%	81%	75%	71%	74%		90%
NOT AT RISK	24%	24%	18%	17%	24%	25%	25%	19%	25%	29%	26%		10%

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