Table 8.4

Overall participation in physical activities, by social class of head of household within minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over					1999
Number of days of 30 minutes or more moderate or vigorous activity per week, and summary activity level		Social class of head of household
		Men		Women
		Non- manual	Manual	Non- manual	Manual
Observed %
Black Caribbean
None in past four weeks		12	29	18	30
Any		88	71	82	70
	Less than one day a week	10	10	15	12
	One or two days a week	25	14	23	20
	Three or four days a week	13	8	14	12
	Five or more days a week	41	39	30	26
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	22	38	33	42
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	38	22	37	33
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	41	39	30	26
Indian
None in past four weeks		29	30	30	39
Any		71	70	70	61
	Less than one day a week	11	11	15	13
	One or two days a week	23	14	24	23
	Three or four days a week	7	10	12	9
	Five or more days a week	31	35	19	17
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	40	41	45	51
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but l
	less than 5)	29	24	36	32
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	31	35	19	17
Pakistani
None in past four weeks		25	34	33	37
Any		75	66	67	63
	Less than one day a week	14	11	13	10
	One or two days a week	18	20	29	29
	Three or four days a week	10	7	7	6
	Five or more days a week	34	28	17	18
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	39	45	46	47
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	28	27	37	35
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	34	28	17	18
Bangladeshi
None in past four weeks		28	54	41	56
Any		72	46	59	44
	Less than one day a week	8	8	19	9
	One or two days a week	21	9	23	21
	Three or four days a week	4	8	5	4
	Five or more days a week	39	22	13	10
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	36	62	60	65
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	25	17	28	25
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	39	22	13	10
Observed %
Chinese
None in past four weeks		29	33	31	31
Any		71	67	69	69
	Less than one day a week	15	18	16	20
	One or two days a week	23	18	25	22
	Three or four days a week	10	7	8	10
	Five or more days a week	23	24	19	17
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	44	50	47	51
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	33	25	33	32
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	23	24	19	17
Irish
None in past four weeks		18	27	21	25
Any		82	73	79	75
	Less than one day a week	13	12	16	13
	One or two days a week	24	16	28	23
	Three or four days a week	13	8	10	12
	Five or more days a week	32	37	25	27
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	31	39	38	38
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	37	24	37	35
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	32	37	25	27
General population
None in past four weeks		20	25	24	30
Any		80	75	76	70
	Less than one day a week	16	11	16	15
	One or two days a week	24	15	24	20
	Three or four days a week	14	8	15	12
	Five or more days a week	26	41	20	22
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	36	36	41	46
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	38	23	39	32
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	26	41	20	22
	Standardised ratios
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)
	Black Caribbean	0.99	1.24	1.24	1.21
	Standard error	0.10	0.08	0.12	0.11
	Indian	0.84	0.92	0.80	0.66
	Standard error	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.09
	Pakistani	0.87	0.70	0.71	0.70
	Standard error	0.09	0.06	0.12	0.09
	Bangladeshi	0.90	0.57	0.45	0.35
	Standard error	0.13	0.06	0.17	0.06
	Chinese	0.65	0.65	0.87	0.71
	Standard error	0.10	0.10	0.14	0.14
	Irish	0.90	1.04	1.10	1.30
	Standard error	0.09	0.09	0.11	0.12
	General population	0.76	1.23	0.94	1.06
	Standard error	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06
	Bases (weighted):
	Black Caribbean	110	242	221	251
	Indian	262	307	283	302
	Pakistani	117	212	110	197
	Bangladeshi	24	100	20	92
	Chinese	46	45	60	46
	Irish	670	856	992	948
	General population	20898	21741	26387	23917
	Bases (unweighted):
	Black Caribbean	169	356	327	375
	Indian	295	305	323	299
	Pakistani	193	378	183	354
	Bangladeshi	71	401	64	384
	Chinese	141	143	190	145
	Irish	225	304	330	363
	General population	1709	1790	2146	1962

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