Thinking about* and planning to increase+ physical activity
Robeson 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 314 144  44.1  (37.9-50.4) 18   5.0  ( 3.1- 8.1) 110  39.4  (33.2-45.8) 42  11.6  ( 8.4-15.7)
SEX          
Male 118  55  43.8  (34.0-54.2)  7   4.2  ( 1.9- 9.2)  39  41.5  (31.6-52.1) 17  10.5  ( 6.3-17.0)
Female 196  89  44.3  (36.8-52.0) 11   5.7  ( 3.0-10.3)  71  37.5  (30.3-45.3) 25  12.6  ( 8.3-18.5)
RACE          
White 120  64  48.1  (38.4-57.9)  8   5.6  ( 2.7-11.3)  32  33.1  (24.1-43.6) 16  13.2  ( 7.8-21.4)
African-American  75  29  42.3  (29.6-56.2)  4   4.4  ( 1.6-11.7)  31  41.7  (29.2-55.4) 11  11.5  ( 6.2-20.5)
American Indian 112  49  41.5  (31.6-52.1)  5   4.4  ( 1.7-10.8)  44  44.1  (33.8-54.9) 14  10.1  ( 5.8-17.0)
AGE          
18-44 162  61  37.9  (29.8-46.9)  8   3.4  ( 1.6- 6.9)  76  50.6  (41.8-59.4) 17   8.0  ( 4.9-13.0)
45+ 152  83  51.7  (42.7-60.5) 10   7.0  ( 3.6-13.0)  34  25.4  (18.0-34.4) 25  16.0  (10.6-23.4)
EDUCATION          
<=H.S./GED 192 100  50.0  (41.8-58.1) 11   4.7  ( 2.5- 8.7)  56  34.1  (26.6-42.6) 25  11.2  ( 7.4-16.7)
Any Post-H.S. 121  44  34.2  (25.6-43.9)  7   5.5  ( 2.5-11.7)  53  48.0  (38.1-57.9) 17  12.3  ( 7.5-19.5)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME          
Less than $35,000 131  62  46.4  (36.9-56.1) 10   6.8  ( 3.5-12.6)  41  34.2  (25.3-44.3) 18  12.6  ( 7.8-20.0)
$35,000+ 130  58  41.2  (32.3-50.7)  6   4.6  ( 2.0-10.3)  49  42.8  (33.5-52.6) 17  11.4  ( 6.9-18.3)
DISABILITY STATUS          
Any Disability 100  57  52.6  (41.3-63.5)  8   6.9  ( 3.3-13.8)  26  31.8  (22.0-43.5)  9   8.8  ( 4.3-17.2)
No Disability 210  86  40.7  (33.3-48.5) 10   4.2  ( 2.2- 8.1)  81  41.9  (34.3-49.8) 33  13.2  ( 9.3-18.5)

*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.