Thinking about* and planning to increase+ physical activity

Pitt 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	296	125  41.2  (35.1-47.6)	13   3.6  ( 2.0- 6.4)	105  36.9  (31.0-43.3)	53  18.2  (13.9-23.6)
SEX
Male	132	58  41.2  (32.2-50.8)	3   2.0  ( 0.6- 6.8)	41  32.6  (24.4-42.0)	30  24.3  (17.0-33.3)
Female	164	67  41.2  (33.2-49.8)	10   5.1  ( 2.7- 9.6)	64  40.8  (32.7-49.5)	23  12.8  ( 8.4-19.2)
RACE
White	202	96  46.5  (39.0-54.1)	5   2.3  ( 0.9- 6.0)	62  32.6  (25.8-40.2)	39  18.6  (13.5-25.0)
Other	88	28  32.3  (22.4-44.2)	8   6.8  ( 3.2-13.6)	40  44.2  (33.0-56.1)	12  16.7  ( 9.3-28.0)
AGE
18-44	163	52  31.1  (23.8-39.4)	7   4.0  ( 1.8- 8.5)	75  46.2  (37.9-54.7)	29  18.8  (13.0-26.4)
45+	132	72  56.3  (46.8-65.2)	6   3.2  ( 1.4- 6.9)	30  23.1  (16.1-32.1)	24  17.4  (11.6-25.4)
EDUCATION
<=H.S./GED	118	61  51.2  (41.3-61.1)	8   4.8  ( 2.3- 9.6)	35  28.3  (20.3-37.9)	14  15.7  ( 9.3-25.4)
Any Post-H.S.	177	64  34.9  (27.5-43.0)	5   2.9  ( 1.1- 7.2)	69  42.3  (34.4-50.7)	39  19.9  (14.4-26.8)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $35,000	143	59  38.9  (30.3-48.3)	9   5.0  ( 2.5- 9.8)	56  41.3  (32.4-50.8)	19  14.8  ( 9.3-22.7)
$35,000+	111	44  40.1  (30.8-50.3)	2   2.4  ( 0.6- 9.1)	37  35.5  (26.4-45.8)	28  21.9  (15.0-30.9)
DISABILITY STATUS
Any Disability	89	47  54.2  (42.5-65.4)	4   2.9  ( 1.1- 7.6)	30  31.3  (21.8-42.7)	8  11.6  ( 5.7-21.9)
No Disability	205	78  36.1  (29.3-43.6)	9   4.0  ( 2.0- 7.9)	74  38.9  (31.7-46.6)	44  21.0  (15.6-27.7)

*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.