Table 8.2

Overall participation in physical activities, by minority ethnic group

 

Aged 16 and over							1999
Number of days of 30 minutes or Minority ethnic group General more moderate or vigorous activity population per week, and summary activity level	Minority ethnic group						General population
	Black Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Men
Observed %
None in past four weeks	24	30	32	49	31	23	23
Any	76	70	68	51	69	77	77
Less than one day a week	9	11	12	8	18	13	13
One or two days a week	18	18	19	12	20	20	20
Three or four days a week	10	9	9	6	8	10	11
Five or more days a week	39	33	29	24	23	35	33
Summary activity level:
Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	34	41	44	57	48	35	36
Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
less than 5)	27	26	27	19	29	30	31
Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	39	33	29	24	23	35	33
Standardised ratios
Any	0.97	0.86	0.76	0.53	0.85	0.97	1
Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.02
Group 3 - High	1.13	0.86	0.70	0.55	0.62	0.97	1
Standard error	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.06
Women
Observed %
None in past four weeks	25	35	39	54	31	23	28
Any	75	65	61	46	69	77	72
Less than one day a week	14	13	10	11	18	15	16
One or two days a week	21	24	28	20	24	26	23
Three or four days a week	12	11	7	4	8	10	13
Five or more days a week	28	17	16	10	18	26	21
Summary activity level:
Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	39	49	49	65	49	38	43
Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
less than 5)	34	34	34	24	33	36	36
Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	28	17	16	10	18	26	21
Standardised ratios
Any	0.96	0.80	0.69	0.48	0.85	1.03	1
Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02
Group 3 - High	1.21	0.67	0.63	0.35	0.74	1.15	1
Standard error	0.08	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.09	0.08
Bases (weighted):
Men	367	595	358	137	96	1546	43301
Women	503	616	370	139	113	1988	51813
Bases (unweighted):
Men	547	626	620	533	301	537	3558
Women	748	657	643	563	361	708	4240

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