Table 8.5

Overall participation in physical activities, by equivalised household income tertile
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		Equivalised household income tertile
		Men			Women
		Lowest	Middle	Highest	Lowest	Middle	Highest
Observed %
Black Caribbean
None in past four weeks		35	35	11	29	34	17
Any		65	65	89	71	66	83
	Less than one day a week	13	9	9	13	12	16
	One or two days a week	13	16	19	21	21	22
	Three or four days a week	9	8	11	14	10	11
	Five or more days a week	31	32	51	23	24	34
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	47	44	19	42	45	32
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	21	24	30	35	31	33
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	31	32	51	23	24	34
Indian
None in past four weeks		41	35	22	41	39	28
Any		59	65	78	59	61	72
	Less than one day a week	9	9	15	14	13	17
	One or two days a week	16	13	25	22	23	23
	Three or four days a week	8	7	7	8	7	13
	Five or more days a week	25	36	31	15	17	19
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	50	44	36	54	52	45
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	25	20	33	30	30	36
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	25	36	31	15	17	19
Pakistani
None in past four weeks		38	28	24	48	36	29
Any		62	72	76	52	64	71
	Less than one day a week	10	14	12	10	12	5
	One or two days a week	19	20	16	23	32	30
	Three or four days a week	8	7	9	5	9	14
	Five or more days a week	26	31	39	14	12	23
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	47	43	36	57	48	33
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	27	27	25	29	40	44
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	26	31	39	14	12	23
Bangladeshi
None in past four weeks		55	43	a	62	41	a
Any		45	57	a	38	59	a
	Less than one day a week	7	6	a	9	16	a
	One or two days a week	10	11	a	18	29	a
	Three or four days a week	7	4	a	3	5	a
	Five or more days a week	20	35	a	8	9	a
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	63	50	a	71	57	a
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	17	15	a	21	34	a
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	20	35	a	8	9	a
Observed %
Chinese
None in past four weeks		33	29	32	33	31	31
Any		67	71	68	67	69	69
	Less than one day a week	23	18	15	14	22	14
	One or two days a week	20	18	19	31	26	24
	Three or four days a week	3	6	13	6	10	7
	Five or more days a week	21	28	22	15	10	25
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	56	47	46	48	54	45
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week
	but less than 5)	23	24	32	38	37	31
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	21	28	22	15	10	25
Irish
None in past four weeks		[37]	27	17	23	28	18
Any		[63]	73	83	77	72	82
	Less than one day a week	[17]	13	12	13	13	17
	One or two days a week	[19]	20	22	29	20	29
	Three or four days a week	[3]	8	11	10	13	9
	Five or more days a week	[25]	32	37	24	25	26
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	[54]	40	30	36	41	35
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	[22]	27	33	39	34	38
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	[25]	32	37	24	25	26
General population
None in past four weeks		34	34	16	29	38	20
Any		66	66	84	71	62	80
	Less than one day a week	11	12	15	19	15	16
	One or two days a week	14	15	22	20	20	25
	Three or four days a week	12	8	13	9	10	16
	Five or more days a week	30	31	35	23	17	24
Summary activity level:
	Group 1 - Low (under 1 day a week)	44	46	30	48	53	36
	Group 2 - Medium (1 day a week but
	less than 5)	26	23	35	29	30	40
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)	30	31	35	23	17	24
	Standardised ratios
	Group 3 - High (5 or more days a week)
	Black Caribbean	0.87	1.20	1.38	1.04	1.11	1.41
	Standard error	0.13	0.12	0.10	0.14	0.14	0.14
	Indian	0.66	0.94	0.83	0.57	0.73	0.75
	Standard error	0.13	0.10	0.09	0.14	0.12	0.11
	Pakistani	0.65	0.78	0.99	0.59	0.46	0.84
	Standard error	0.09	0.09	0.14	0.12	0.10	0.17
	Bangladeshi	0.54	0.87	a	0.25	0.28	a
	Standard error	0.07	0.12	a	0.05	0.10	a
	Chinese	0.60	0.77	0.69	0.64	0.39	1.11
	Standard error	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.19	0.13	0.21
	Irish	[0.75]	0.91	1.04	1.18	1.38	1.09
	Standard error	[0.18]	0.13	0.09	0.21	0.18	0.11
	General population	0.89	1.13	0.99	1.04	0.93	1.05
	Standard error	0.09	0.06	0.04	0.10	0.07	0.05
	Bases (weighted):
	Black Caribbean	76	106	132	115	136	176
	Indian	89	166	193	95	183	188
	Pakistani	103	97	61	117	92	55
	Bangladeshi	69	25	8	72	25	5
	Chinese	18	27	30	21	29	34
	Irish	100	419	827	208	563	989
	General population	2681	11139	23759	4296	14643	25462
	Bases (unweighted):
	Black Caribbean	107	160	201	172	210	258
	Indian	87	165	228	97	183	231
	Pakistani	189	176	95	216	165	89
	Bangladeshi	278	97	22	305	96	15
	Chinese	62	83	94	69	87	112
	Irish	39	140	284	84	189	351
	General population	235	924	1915	375	1207	2044

^a The sample bases for these categories are too small for results to be shown.

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