Table 5

Multivariate correlates of a sedentary lifestyle: simultaneous logistic regression analyses for urban and rural women

		Urban				Rural
		Odds ratio	95% CI			Odds ratio	95% CI
Sociodemographic characteristics:
Race/ethnicity (ref=White)
African-American	0.76	0.51, 1.12		^5-1500.65	0.43, 1.00
American Indian/Alaskan Native	0.58	0.25, 1.35		^5-1500.57	0.40, 0.81
Hispanic	0.83	0.58, 1.17		0.66	0.35, 1.23
Geographical region (ref=West)
Northeast	1.80	0.81, 3.97		0.80	0.33, 1.96
Midwest	1.16	0.71, 1.89		0.70	0.40, 1.22
South	1.21	0.85, 1.71		0.69	0.41, 1.16
Age	^5-1500.98	0.97, 0.99		^5-1500.99	0.97, 1.00
Education	1.29	0.97, 1.72		^5-1501.53	1.16, 2.01
Neighbourhood characteristics:
Side walks	1.12	0.78, 1.60		0.97	0.65, 1.45
Heavy traffic	1.08	0.81, 1.44		0.93	0.71, 1.22
Hills	1.26	0.92, 1.73		1.21	0.84, 1.75
Street lights	1.00	0.70, 1.42		1.02	0.75, 1.38
Unattended dogs	1.28	0.95, 1.72		1.09	0.84, 1.42
Enjoyable scenery	1.29	0.88, 1.89		^5-1501.71	1.16, 2.53
Frequently see others exercising	1.12	0.80, 1.55		^5-1501.39	1.06, 1.81
High crime	0.90	0.65, 1.25		1.09	0.76, 1.57
Access to exercise facilities	0.96	0.65, 1.42		1.09	0.81, 1.41
Psychosocial factors:
Personal barriers	^5-1500.86	0.79, 0.94		^5-1500.84	0.78, 0.91
Social support for LTPA	^5-1500.86	0.81, 0.92		^5-1500.86	0.80, 0.92
Health variables:
Number of sick days	1.21	0.90, 1.61		0.93	0.70, 1.22
Physical limitation	0.93	0.66, 1.31		0.80	0.58, 1.11
Body mass index	0.99	0.97, 1.02		1.01	0.99, 1.04

↵5-150 p<0.05. 95% CI represents 95% confidence intervals for the odds ratio. Higher scores on social support for exercise indicate less support. Odds ratios are adjusted for all other independent variables in the model.