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11B 11C 11D Appendix A: Annotated Questionnaires On the average, about how many minutes do you spend engaging in vigorous physical activity on one of these days? Asked of those who say they engage in vigorous physical activity (n=201) 1-10 minutes 10% 11-20 minutes 17% 21-30 minutes 25% 31-45 minutes 9% 46-60 minutes 17% More than 60 minutes 15% Mean 62.6 minutes Median 34.0 minutes Where do you exercise? Asked of those who say they engage in vigorous physical activity (n=201) Health club 7% Community center 3% At home 67% At work 12% Somewhere else 10% Don’t Know/Refused 2% What specific types of vigorous physical activities do you do? (Open end-record verbatim) Asked of those who say they engage in vigorous physical activity (n=201) Sports (net) 4% Tennis 1% Sports which involve a ball (ie., baseball and basketball) 1% Bowling 1% Hunting/fishing 1% Exercise (net) 44% Walking 16% Weight lifting 7% Swimming 2% Biking 6% © 2002 AARP Page 101
Exercises (ie., push-ups and stretches) 7% Treadmill 6% Jogging/running 6% Climbing stairs/stairs machine 3% Water aerobics 1% Exercise bike 4% Hiking 2% Aerobics 7% Other exercise machine mentions 2% Yoga 1% Other (net) 67% Housework 9% Yard work 37% Gardening 18% Job-related 18% Dancing 2% Taking care of children 1% Washing cars 2% Other 4% Section 4: BCC Standardized Staging Asked of those in the “Exercise” Split Sample (n=507) 12 Appendix A: Annotated Questionnaires What would you say is your current level of physical activity? Would you say you that you don’t currently engage in regular physical activity, that you don’t right now but plan to in the next six months, that you don’t right now but plan to in the next month, that you have been physically active on a regular basis for the past six month, or that you have been physically active on a regular basis for a year or longer? I don’t currently engage in regular physical activity. 25% I don’t right now, but plan to in the next six months. 7% I don’t right now, but plan to in the next month. 6% I have been physically active on a regular basis for the past six months. 12% I have been physically active on a regular basis for a year or longer. 47% Don’t Know/Refused 2% © 2002 AARP Page 102
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Introduction and Method Overview In
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Key Findings Most Americans age 50-
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Specific Physical Activities Engage
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Types of Moderate Exercise Current
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Where Exercise Current Physical Act
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