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Exercise Attitudes and Behaviors: A Survey of Adults Age 50-79 - Aarp

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Section 1: Introduction <strong>and</strong> Screener<br />

Second Wave <strong>Survey</strong><br />

(n=1,000)<br />

Section 2: Health-Related Knowledge <strong>and</strong> <strong>Attitudes</strong><br />

Appendix A: Annotated Questionnaires<br />

1. Overall, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Are you extremely satisfied,<br />

very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, not very satisfied, or not at all satisfied?<br />

Extremely satisfied........................................................................ 24<br />

Very satisfied................................................................................. 44<br />

Somewhat satisfied........................................................................ 24<br />

Not very satisfied ............................................................................ 5<br />

Not at all satisfied............................................................................ 3<br />

Don’t know/refused......................................................................... 1<br />

2. There are a lot <strong>of</strong> different things people do to try <strong>and</strong> stay healthy, like eating<br />

healthy or visiting a doctor regularly. Which ONE <strong>of</strong> the following statements BEST<br />

describes how important you think exercise is for your personal health?<br />

<strong>Exercise</strong> is not very important for my health. ................................. 4<br />

<strong>Exercise</strong> is important for my health, but many other things<br />

are more important……………………………………………….32<br />

<strong>Exercise</strong> is the best thing I can do for my health .......................... 63<br />

Don’t know/refused......................................................................... 1<br />

3. How <strong>of</strong>ten do you think a person your age needs to exercise to be healthy? Would<br />

you say…?<br />

Not at all.......................................................................................... 1<br />

Less <strong>of</strong>ten than once a month.......................................................... *<br />

Once or twice a month .................................................................... 2<br />

About once a week .......................................................................... 8<br />

About three times a week.............................................................. 53<br />

Five or more times a week ............................................................ 36<br />

Don’t know/refused......................................................................... 1<br />

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