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Associations Between Health-Enhancing Physical Activity and Country of Birth Among Women.
- Source :
- Journal of Physical Activity & Health; Sep2010, Vol. 7 Issue 5, p613-621, 9p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between total self-reported health-enhancing physical activity and country of birth among women living in Sweden. Methods: Women (age 18 to 65 years) born in Sweden, Finland, Chile, and Iraq were recruited for this cross-sectional study. Data were collected by means of a postal questionnaire including the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-long version). Self-reported physical activity data were converted to MET-minutes per week and analyzed as continuous or categorical scores. A total of 2649 women were included in the analyses. The association between physical activity and country of birth was explored using ordinal logistic regression assuming proportional odds. Results: The total physical activity differed significantly between the countries of birth (P < .001). Women from Finland had significant higher odds and women from Iraq had significantly lower odds for reporting higher levels of physical activity, compared with Swedish-born women. Conclusions: The direction of the associations between self-reported total health-enhancing physical activity varied by country of birth, which underlines the need to examine physical activity in each minority group separately. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PHYSICAL activity
WOMEN
CROSS-sectional method
MINORITIES
QUESTIONNAIRES
FINNS
IRAQIS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15433080
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Physical Activity & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 53158945