Adult physical activity behaviour – disability

Key Highlights

• Men and women without a limiting illness or condition experience similar levels of inactivity
• Women with a limiting illness or disability experience higher levels of inactivity than men with a limiting illness or disability
• Women experience higher levels of inactivity across different of limiting illness or disability

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Sample size by illness and gender (across 3 years of data)

	Males	Females
Mental Health	188	254
Memory	122	118
Long Term	315	456
Breathing	189	242
Chronic	187	248
Mobility	367	473
Dexterity	112	154
Hearing	132	127
Behavioural	100	56
Visual	66	74
Learning	72	34
Other	29	55
Speech	24	38

 

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The gender inequality gap for those without a disability is 0.9%, but this rises to 6% for those with a disability.

It looks like the majority of these have 2 impairments

21.5% of respondees said they had a disability