Fitness center use and subsequent achievement of exercise goals. A prospective study on long-term fitness center members

Table 1 Characteristics of the 2851 long-term members in the study population at the time of survey participation in June 2018

	Proportion of participants according to number of days with visits
Variable	0 (n = 70)	1–57 (n = 924)	58–117 (n = 923)	118–543 (n = 934)	Total (n = 2851)
Sex
Female	60	65	63	59	62
Male	40	35	37	41	38
Age
< 20 years	0	0	0	1	1
20–29 years	1	7	9	13	10
30–39 years	16	25	17	19	20
40–49 years	31	29	24	24	26
50–59 years	27	22	26	24	24
60–69 years	20	12	14	11	13
≥ 70 years	4	5	10	8	8
Education^a
Compulsory	0	1	2	1	1
Middle	21	18	19	25	21
Higher	79	81	79	73	78
Employment
Full time work	81	79	71	70	74
Part time work	4	7	7	8	7
Student	1	2	3	4	3
Not in work ^b	13	11	19	17	15
Other	0	1	1	1	1

^aEducation: Compulsory (primary school and middle school graduation or lower), middle (high school graduation (duration 1–2 years), high school graduation (duration three years), certificate of apprenticeship (duration four years)), and higher (college/university graduation)
^bNot in work: occupational rehabilitation, unemployed or laid off, disability benefits or retired

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