Open AccessInfluence of Marital Status on Physical Activity Levels among Older Adults
Author(s) -
Kelley K. Pettee,
Jennifer S. Brach,
Andrea M. Kriska,
Robert M. Boudreau,
Caroline R. Richardson,
Lisa H. Colbert,
Suzanne Satterfield,
Marjolein Visser,
Tamara B. Harris,
Hilsa N. Ayonayon,
Anne B. Newman
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/01.mss.0000191346.95244.f7
Subject(s) - spouse , marital status , demography , logistic regression , body mass index , physical activity , demographics , gerontology , medicine , descriptive statistics , psychology , population , physical therapy , statistics , mathematics , sociology , anthropology
The purpose of these analyses was to describe the levels and types of activity in relationship to current marital status among older adults and determine if the physical activity level of the husband was related to the physical activity level of his wife.