Table 5 Association of built environment barriers to physical exercise with the sociodemographic characteristics of the studied women

Age group (years)

18–25

162

77

(47.5)

69

(42.6)

69

(42.6)

101

(62.3)

114

(70.4)

26–35

122

72

(59.0)

68

(55.7)

66

(54.1)

78

(63.9)

74

(60.7)

36–45

106

52

(49.1)

68

(64.2)

63

(59.4)

70

(66.0)

73

(68.9)

46–55

74

47

(63.5)

50

(67.6)

44

(59.5)

52

(70.3)

55

(74.3)

> 55

36

15

(41.7)

19

(52.8)

19

(52.8)

19

(52.8)

21

(58.3)

P-value

0.050

0.001

0.041

0.461

0.182

Education level

College

343

194

(56.6)

206

(60.1)

195

(56.9)

230

(67.1)

236

(68.8)

High school or lower

157

69

(43.9)

68

(43.3)

66

(42.0)

90

(57.3)

101

(64.3)

P-value

0.009

< 0.001

0.002

0.035

0.322

Marital status

Ever married

281

146

(52.0)

160

(56.9)

153

(54.4)

181

(64.4)

186

(66.2)

Single

219

117

(53.4)

114

(52.1)

108

(49.3)

139

(63.5)

151

(68.9)

P-value

0.744

0.276

0.254

0.828

0.514

Number of children

0

59

36

(61.0)

32

(54.2)

30

(50.8)

37

(62.7)

44

(74.6)

1

44

20

(45.5)

24

(54.5)

22

(50.0)

27

(61.4)

26

(59.1)

2

75

37

(49.3)

42

(56.0)

43

(57.3)

44

(58.7)

47

(62.7)

3

63

31

(49.2)

34

(54.0)

37

(58.7)

49

(77.8)

44

(69.8)

4 and more

40

22

(55.0)

28

(70.0)

21

(52.5)

24

(60.0)

25

(62.5)

P-value

0.520

0.507

0.838

0.160

0.423

Employment

Employed

323

182

(56.3)

195

(60.4)

183

(56.7)

214

(66.3)

217

(67.2)

Not employed

60

31

(51.7)

29

(48.3)

30

(50.0)

37

(61.7)

41

(68.3)

Student

117

50

(42.7)

50

(42.7)

48

(41.0)

69

(59.0)

79

(67.5)

P-value

0.041

0.003

0.014

0.344

0.984

Ethnic groups

Kurd

406

214

(52.7)

217

(53.4)

213

(52.5)

271

(66.7)

275

(67.7)

Others

94

49

(52.1)

57

(60.6)

48

(51.1)

49

(52.1)

62

(66.0)

P-value

0.919

0.207

0.807

0.008

0.741

Area of residence

City center

455

238

(52.3)

246

(54.1)

239

(52.5)

290

(63.7)

305

(67.0)

Outside city

45

25

(55.6)

28

(62.2)

22

(48.9)

30

(66.7)

32

(71.1)

P-value

0.677

0.294

0.641

0.696

0.578

Economic status

Fair or low

348

189

(54.3)

188

(54.0)

185

(53.2)

228

(65.5)

243

(69.8)

Good

152

74

(48.7)

86

(56.6)

76

(50.0)

92

(60.5)

94

(61.8)

P-value

0.246

0.597

0.515

0.285

0.080