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Published on: March 7, 2019
Correlates of physical activity among African American and white women
Patricia A Sharpe1, Michelle L Granner, Brent E Hutto
1Prevention Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. sharpep@gwm.sc.edu
Objective:
To compare potential correlates of physical activity between African American and white women.
Methods:
A random-digit-dialed telephone survey was conducted in central South Carolina. Bivariate and multivariate analyses focused on women aged 18+ (N = 1176).
Results:
African American women reported greater maintenance of sidewalks and public parks than did white women, who reported higher physical activity, exercise self-efficacy, access to indoor walking facilities, and knowledge of mapped-out walking routes. Exercise self-efficacy was the only significant correlate of physical activity among both African American and white women.
Conclusions:
Self-efficacy was a robust cross-sectional correlate of physical activity in women.
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