| Questions | Answers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correct, n (%) | Incorrect, n (%) | ||||
| 1. What is the minimum number of days per week you believe a person must be physically active in order to receive any health benefit? (3,4,5) | 152 (53.3) | 133 (46.7) | |||
| 2. What is the minimum length of time (in minutes) one needs to be physically active throughout a typical day in order to achieve a health benefit? (30 minutes) | 187 (65.6) | 98 (34.4) | |||
| Agree, n (%) | Disagree, n (%) | Don’t know, n (%) | |||
| 3. Vigorous levels of physical activity are necessary to provide a health benefit (F) | 15 (5.3) | 227 (79.6) | 42 (14.7) | ||
| 4. Moderate levels of physical activity do NOT provide any health benefits (F) | 50 (17.5) | 186 (65.3) | 49 (17.2) | ||
| 5. Ten minutes of physical activity three times per day provide the same health benefits as a single session of 30 minutes (T) | 100 (35.1) | 103 (36.1) | 81 (28.4) | ||
| 6. Everyone should get 30 minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week (T) | 212 (74.4) | 19 (6.7) | 53 (18.6) | ||
| 7. Which of the following physical activities in general do you believe will provide a health benefit? | |||||
| a. Aerobic class (T) | 240 (84.2) | 8 (2.8) | 37 (13) | ||
| b. Biking (T) | 261 (91.6) | 10 (3.5) | 14 (4.9) | ||
| c. Dancing (T) | 226 (79.3) | 16 (5.6) | 43 (15.1) | ||
| d. Gardening and lawn work (T) | 151 (53.0) | 60 (21.1) | 70 (24.6) | ||
| e. Household cleaning (T) | 159 (55.8) | 76 (26.7) | 48 (16.8) | ||
| f. Jogging/running (T) | 259 (90.9) | 10 (3.5) | 16 (5.6) | ||
| g. Playing a musical instrument (F) | 68 (23.9) | 118 (41.4) | 98 (34.4) | ||
| h. Moving furniture (T) | 98 (34.4) | 129 (45.3) | 58 (20.4) | ||
| i. Preparing meals (F) | 102 (35.8) | 120 (42.1) | 62 (21.8) | ||
| j. Ranking leaves (T) | 178 (62.5) | 55 (19.3) | 52 (18.2) | ||
| k. Recreational sports (such as team and individual sports) (T) | 245 (86.0) | 10 (3.5) | 27 (9.5) | ||
| l. Swimming (T) | 259 (90.9) | 14 (4.9) | 11 (3.9) | ||
| m. Walking (T) | 270 (94.7) | 5 (1.8) | 8 (2.8) | ||
| n. Weight lifting (T) | 160 (56.1) | 58 (20.4) | 66 (23.2) | ||
| Attitude | Not nearly enough, n (%) | Not enough, n (%) | Don’t know, n (%) | Enough, n (%) | More than enough, n (%) |
| Do you think that you have a sufficient level of activity to achieve a health benefit? | 22 (7.7)S | 61 (21.4) | 34 (11.9) | 98 (34.4) | 69 (24.2) |
| Agree, n (%) | Disagree, n (%) | Don’t know, n (%) | |||
| Do you think that you are willing to begin or maintain exercise for a health benefit? | 266 (93.3) | 2 (0.7) | 17 (6) | ||
aT = true. F = false. bSample size does not total 285 because of no responses to item.