Correlates of physical activity among African American and white women.
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.
Sharpe
Patricia A
PA
Prevention Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. sharpep@gwm.sc.edu
Granner
Michelle L
ML
Hutto
Brent E
BE
Wilcox
Sara
S
Peck
Lara
L
Addy
Cheryl L
CL
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009043:Motor Activity; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016138:Walking; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult