Prevalence of back problems and restriction of musculoskeletal activity for each category of sociodemographic and health behaviour variables, by sex 2-150
| Variable | Back problems (% yes) | Musculoskeletal activity restriction (% yes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n=4209) | Women (n=4027) | Men (n=3899) | Women (n=3679) | ||||
| Age: | |||||||
| 18–34 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 5.9 | 4.4 | |||
| 35–44 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 8.4 | 5.9 | |||
| 45–54 | 18.7 | 14.1 | 7.7 | 7.0 | |||
| 55–64 | 20.0 | 17.7 | 8.4 | 10.1 | |||
| Household income: | |||||||
| Lower/lower middle income | 14.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 5.5 | |||
| Middle income | 13.4 | 11.8 | 7.7 | 6.3 | |||
| Upper middle income | 14.7 | 12.8 | 5.7 | 6.0 | |||
| Higher income | 14.4 | 13.3 | 7.6 | 5.3 | |||
| Missing | 18.9 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 3.2 | |||
| Education: | |||||||
| Less than secondary | 15.5 | 13.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | |||
| Secondary complete | 11.8 | 11.7 | 6.8 | 4.1 | |||
| Some college university | 17.1 | 12.9 | 8.0 | 6.6 | |||
| College/university complete | 13.4 | 12.2 | 6.6 | 5.2 | |||
| Marital status: | |||||||
| Never married | 8.8 | 10.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |||
| Married/common law | 16.2 | 12.6 | 7.8 | 5.3 | |||
| Widowed/separated/divorced | 16.8 | 15.1 | 9.2 | 10.7 | |||
| Smoking: | |||||||
| Current smoker | 16.0 | 14.8 | 9.5 | 7.2 | |||
| Former smoker | 16.5 | 12.6 | 7.0 | 6.4 | |||
| Non-smoker | 11.2 | 10.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | |||
| Leisure time physical activity: | |||||||
| Regular | 14.3 | 11.4 | 7.8 | 6.0 | |||
| Occasional/irregular | 14.8 | 13.8 | 6.6 | 5.5 | |||
↵2-150 Listwise deletion for all variables except income, where missing category was created.