Table 3 Association of interpersonal barriers to physical exercise with the sociodemographic characteristics of the studied women

Age group (years)

18–25

162

46

(28.4)

65

(40.1)

140

(86.4)

99

(61.1)

37

(22.8)

115

(71.0)

99

(61.1)

49

(30.2)

26–35

122

34

(27.9)

73

(59.8)

106

(86.9)

67

(54.9)

31

(25.4)

93

(76.2)

60

(49.2)

42

(34.4)

36–45

106

32

(30.2)

75

(70.8)

92

(86.8)

59

(55.7)

42

(39.6)

78

(73.6)

60

(56.6)

46

(43.4)

46–55

74

28

(37.8)

44

(59.5)

61

(82.4)

39

(52.7)

27

(36.5)

46

(62.2)

46

(62.2)

22

(29.7)

> 55

36

13

(36.1)

19

(52.8)

25

(69.4)

15

(41.7)

20

(55.6)

23

(63.9)

15

(41.7)

14

(38.9)

P-value

0.533

< 0.001

0.092

0.278

0.001

0.226

0.085

0.195

Education level

College

343

103

(30.0)

207

(60.3)

298

(86.9)

188

(54.8)

114

(33.2)

237

(69.1)

189

(55.1)

116

(33.8)

High school or lower

157

50

(31.8)

69

(43.9)

126

(80.3)

91

(58.0)

43

(27.4)

118

(75.2)

91

(58.0)

57

(36.3)

P-value

0.682

0.001

0.055

0.510

0.191

0.166

0.550

0.587

Marital status

Ever married

281

84

(29.9)

194

(69.0)

240

(85.4)

158

(56.2)

98

(34.9)

196

(69.8)

153

(54.4)

102

(36.3)

Single

219

69

(31.5)

82

(37.4)

184

(84.0)

121

(55.3)

59

(26.9)

159

(72.6)

127

(58.0)

71

(32.4)

P-value

0.698

< 0.001

0.667

0.827

0.058

0.486

0.429

0.366

Number of children

0

59

19

(32.2)

26

(44.1)

50

(84.7)

34

(57.6)

13

(22.0)

46

(78.0)

32

(54.2)

20

(33.9)

1

44

14

(31.8)

34

(77.3)

37

(84.1)

28

(63.6)

15

(34.1)

25

(56.8)

26

(59.1)

13

(29.5)

2

75

19

(25.3)

55

(73.3)

62

(82.7)

43

(57.3)

26

(34.7)

49

(65.3)

39

(52.0)

24

(32.0)

3

63

19

(30.2)

51

(81.0)

53

(84.1)

29

(46.0)

26

(41.3)

45

(71.4)

33

(52.4)

28

(44.4)

4 and more

40

13

(32.5)

28

(70.0)

38

(95.0)

24

(60.0)

18

(45.0)

31

(77.5)

23

(57.5)

17

(42.5)

P-value

0.894

< 0.001

0.467

0.412

0.124

0.121

0.935

0.394

Employment

Employed

323

102

(31.6)

194

(60.1)

278

(86.1)

172

(53.3)

113

(35.0)

230

(71.2)

177

(54.8)

119

(36.8)

Not employed

60

18

(30.0)

37

(61.7)

43

(71.7)

40

(66.7)

18

30.0)

40

(66.7)

34

(56.7)

21

(35.0)

Student

117

33

(28.2)

45

(38.5)

103

(88.0)

67

(57.3)

26

(22.2)

85

(72.6)

69

(59.0)

33

(28.2)

P-value

0.790

< 0.001

0.009

0.148

0.038

0.702

0.733

0.242

Ethnic groups

Kurd

406

107

(26.4)

215

(53.0)

351

(86.5)

230

(56.7)

125

(30.8)

289

(71.2)

219

(53.9)

140

(34.5)

Others

94

46

(48.9)

61

(64.9)

73

(77.7)

49

(52.1)

32

(34.0)

66

(70.2)

61

(64.9)

33

(35.1)

P-value

< 0.001

0.036

0.032

0.426

0.540

0.852

0.054

0.909

Area of residence

City center

455

141

(31.0)

252

(55.4)

386

(84.8)

245

(53.8)

149

(32.7)

321

(70.5)

260

(57.1)

159

(34.9)

Outside city

45

12

(26.7)

24

(53.3)

38

(84.4)

34

(75.6)

8

(17.8)

34

(75.6)

20

(44.4)

14

(31.1)

P-value

0.548

0.792

0.944

0.005

0.039

0.480

0.102

0.606

Economic status

Fair or low

348

102

(29.3)

187

(53.7)

289

(83.0)

224

(64.4)

111

(31.9)

240

(69.0)

191

(54.9)

114

(32.8)

Good

152

51

(33.6)

89

(58.6)

135

(88.8)

55

(36.2)

46

(30.3)

115

(75.7)

89

(58.6)

59

(38.8)

P-value

0.344

0.319

0.098

< 0.001

0.717

0.129

0.447

0.190