Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
From: Destinations fostering older adults’ walking for transport: a cross-sectional study from Germany
Total (n = 2137) | Male (n = 1086) | Female (n = 979) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Sociodemographics | ||||||
Age, years | ||||||
65–69 | 585 | 28.3 | 299 | 27.6 | 286 | 29.2 |
70–74 | 531 | 25.7 | 270 | 24.9 | 260 | 26.6 |
75–79 | 494 | 23.9 | 264 | 24.4 | 230 | 23.5 |
80+ | 454 | 22.0 | 251 | 23.2 | 203 | 20.7 |
Education, ISCED | ||||||
Low | 162 | 7.7 | 33 | 3.1 | 125 | 13.0 |
Middle | 1201 | 57.1 | 529 | 49.5 | 623 | 64.6 |
High | 741 | 35.2 | 507 | 47.4 | 217 | 22.5 |
Income | ||||||
Low | 278 | 13.5 | 138 | 13.1 | 134 | 14.2 |
Middle | 682 | 33.0 | 333 | 31.5 | 323 | 34.3 |
High | 1107 | 53.6 | 585 | 55.4 | 485 | 51.5 |
Country of birth | ||||||
Germany | 1982 | 96.5 | 1048 | 97.0 | 934 | 96.0 |
Other country | 73 | 3.6 | 33 | 3.1 | 39 | 4.0 |
Partner status | ||||||
Partner | 1607 | 78.0 | 930 | 85.8 | 676 | 69.3 |
No partner | 454 | 22.0 | 154 | 14.2 | 300 | 30.7 |
Living situation | ||||||
Living alone | 445 | 20.9 | 162 | 14.9 | 266 | 27.2 |
Not living alone | 1686 | 79.1 | 922 | 85.1 | 711 | 72.8 |
Area of residence | ||||||
Medium sized town | 641 | 30.3 | 310 | 28.9 | 315 | 32.5 |
Larger small town | 776 | 36.7 | 385 | 35.9 | 360 | 37.2 |
Small town | 533 | 25.2 | 291 | 27.1 | 223 | 23.0 |
Rural community | 163 | 7.7 | 87 | 8.1 | 71 | 7.3 |
Health | ||||||
Self-rated health | ||||||
Very good | 149 | 7.1 | 76 | 7.1 | 65 | 6.7 |
Good | 1097 | 51.9 | 552 | 51.4 | 503 | 51.9 |
Moderate | 716 | 33.9 | 357 | 33.2 | 340 | 35.1 |
Poor | 143 | 6.8 | 86 | 8.0 | 55 | 5.7 |
Very poor | 9 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 6 | 0.6 |
Mobility impairments | ||||||
At least one | 800 | 38.0 | 404 | 37.5 | 381 | 39.7 |
None | 1307 | 62.0 | 673 | 62.5 | 579 | 60.3 |
Use of a walking aid | ||||||
Yes | 300 | 14.1 | 139 | 12.9 | 155 | 16.0 |
Walking stick/canea | 151 | – | 78 | – | 71 | – |
Crutchesa | 39 | – | 23 | – | 16 | – |
Walkera | 170 | – | 65 | – | 102 | – |
Walking framea | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – |
Quad walkera | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Wheelchaira | 37 | – | 15 | – | 21 | – |
No | 1822 | 85.9 | 943 | 87.2 | 813 | 84.0 |
Transport | ||||||
Driving license | ||||||
Yes | 1949 | 93.3 | 1037 | 97.2 | 847 | 88.7 |
No | 141 | 6.8 | 30 | 2.8 | 108 | 11.3 |
Car availability | ||||||
Always | 1869 | 89.4 | 1005 | 94.2 | 802 | 84.0 |
Sometimes | 157 | 7.5 | 41 | 3.8 | 113 | 11.8 |
Never | 65 | 3.1 | 21 | 2.0 | 40 | 4.2 |
Bicycle availability | ||||||
Yes | 1804 | 84.9 | 957 | 88.5 | 778 | 80.0 |
No | 321 | 15.1 | 124 | 11.5 | 194 | 20.0 |