Thinking about* and planning to increase+ physical activity

Surry 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	132  45.3  (39.1-51.7)	16   5.5  ( 3.2- 9.3)	92  28.0  (22.8-33.8)	57  21.2  (16.3-27.0)
SEX
Male	119	60  50.2  (40.4-59.9)	6   5.6  ( 2.4-12.8)	32  23.3  (16.3-32.3)	21  20.9  (13.6-30.6)
Female	178	72  40.9  (33.2-49.1)	10   5.4  ( 2.9-10.1)	60  32.2  (25.2-40.1)	36  21.5  (15.4-29.0)
AGE
18-44	137	47  36.3  (27.9-45.7)	7   5.2  ( 2.4-10.9)	57  37.4  (29.1-46.6)	26  21.1  (14.2-30.1)
45+	159	84  53.0  (44.3-61.5)	9   5.9  ( 2.8-11.8)	35  19.8  (14.0-27.3)	31  21.3  (14.9-29.5)
EDUCATION
<=H.S./GED	186	88  47.4  (39.5-55.5)	12   7.0  ( 3.8-12.5)	49  22.6  (16.8-29.7)	37  23.0  (16.6-30.9)
Any Post-H.S.	111	44  41.9  (32.3-52.3)	4   3.1  ( 1.0- 9.1)	43  36.7  (27.7-46.9)	20  18.2  (11.6-27.4)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $25,000	95	49  56.9  (45.7-67.4)	5   3.9  ( 1.5- 9.6)	26  22.8  (15.2-32.7)	15  16.4  ( 9.5-26.9)
$25,000+	134	52  39.7  (31.0-49.0)	7   6.7  ( 3.1-13.8)	50  33.0  (25.1-41.9)	25  20.6  (14.1-29.2)
DISABILITY STATUS
Any Disability	95	55  56.1  (44.6-67.0)	7   7.2  ( 3.1-16.0)	21  19.3  (12.3-28.8)	12  17.4  ( 9.6-29.5)
No Disability	201	77  40.0  (32.8-47.7)	9   4.7  ( 2.4- 9.1)	71  32.4  (25.8-39.9)	44  22.8  (17.0-29.9)

*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.