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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

From: Association between sporting event attendance and self-rated health: an analysis of multiyear cross-sectional national data in Japan

Variable

Mean (SD) for continuous variables / Percentage of each category for self-rated health and of yes for binary variables

 

2000

2004

2006

2012

4 years combined

(N = 2221)

(N = 2273)

(N = 1853)

(N = 1994)

(N = 8341)

Self-rated health

Poor (1)

5.13%

4.80%

6.04%

3.76%

4.92%

Fair (2)

11.84%

24.95%

20.83%

20.31%

19.43%

Good (3)

63.39%

62.69%

64.98%

67.35%

64.50%

Very good (4)

19.63%

7.57%

8.15%

8.58%

11.15%

Sporting event attendance

32.69%

37.22%

29.95%

31.70%

33.08%

Age

48.17 (15.72)

49.59 (16.70)

50.89 (17.14)

49.47 (16.71)

49.47 (16.57)

Male

49.21%

49.36%

48.19%

49.50%

49.09%

Living with a spouse

75.10%

72.00%

69.35%

72.77%

72.41%

Unemployment

12.16%

16.28%

17.22%

14.54%

14.97%

Sport participation level

1.62 (1.48)

1.71 (1.45)

1.60 (1.48)

1.84 (1.50)

1.69 (1.48)

City size

2.55 (1.06)

2.63 (1.05)

2.66 (1.02)

2.88 (0.93)

2.67 (1.02)

Region: Hokkaido

4.72%

4.97%

4.32%

4.76%

4.71%

Region: Tohoku

8.00%

8.05%

8.10%

7.12%

7.81%

Region: Kanto

29.63%

30.40%

29.25%

33.40%

30.66%

Region: Chubu

19.72%

18.57%

19.48%

18.10%

18.97%

Region: Kinki

16.48%

17.07%

16.30%

16.65%

16.64%

Region: Chugoku

6.35%

5.81%

6.96%

5.72%

6.19%

Region: Shikoku

3.33%

3.48%

3.72%

2.86%

3.34%

Region: Kyushu

11.80%

11.66%

11.87%

11.38%

11.68%