Thinking about* and planning to increase+ physical activity

Cabarrus County, 2000

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Not thinking or planning   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Thinking, not planning   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Thinking & planning   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Currently Active++   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	297	118  39.4  (33.4-45.8)	20   7.4  ( 4.5-11.9)	97  32.4  (26.7-38.6)	62  20.8  (16.2-26.4)
SEX
Male	108	50  45.3  (35.3-55.6)	6   7.7  ( 3.4-16.6)	31  27.2  (19.1-37.2)	21  19.8  (12.9-29.1)
Female	189	68  34.2  (27.3-41.8)	14   7.1  ( 4.0-12.1)	66  37.0  (29.8-45.0)	41  21.7  (16.0-28.8)
RACE
White	243	93  38.4  (31.9-45.4)	18   8.2  ( 5.0-13.4)	74  30.4  (24.4-37.1)	58  22.9  (17.7-29.2)
Other	51	23  42.5  (27.9-58.5)	2   1.9  ( 0.5- 7.6)	22  47.9  (32.4-63.8)	4   7.7  ( 2.8-19.8)
AGE
18-44	141	54  39.4  (30.7-48.9)	13  10.5  ( 5.7-18.5)	49  34.4  (26.2-43.6)	25  15.7  (10.2-23.3)
45+	153	63  39.6  (31.5-48.4)	7   4.3  ( 1.9- 9.4)	47  30.4  (22.9-39.1)	36  25.6  (18.7-34.1)
EDUCATION
<=H.S./GED	141	62  44.4  (35.5-53.6)	10   8.0  ( 3.9-15.4)	43  31.9  (23.8-41.2)	26  15.8  (10.5-23.0)
Any Post-H.S.	154	55  35.4  (27.4-44.3)	10   7.0  ( 3.5-13.5)	53  32.3  (24.7-41.0)	36  25.3  (18.4-33.8)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $35,000	117	50  40.9  (31.6-50.9)	9   6.9  ( 3.4-13.4)	35  32.1  (23.2-42.6)	23  20.1  (13.3-29.2)
$35,000+	142	53  38.7  (30.2-48.0)	6   5.2  ( 2.2-12.0)	49  32.9  (25.0-41.8)	34  23.2  (16.5-31.7)
DISABILITY STATUS
Any Disability	77	33  40.6  (29.2-53.1)	4   4.6  ( 1.2-15.9)	23  31.6  (20.7-45.0)	17  23.2  (14.4-35.1)
No Disability	213	84  40.2  (33.0-47.8)	16   8.6  ( 5.0-14.2)	70  31.6  (25.2-38.8)	43  19.6  (14.4-26.2)

*Within next 6 months.

+Within next month.

++ Did physical activity for 30 or more minutes, 5 or more times per week, regardless of intensity.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.