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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants stratified by sex (N = 5663)

From: Physical activity and associated factors from a cross-sectional survey among adults in northern Tanzania

Variables

Male (n = 2063)

Female (n = 3600)

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

Total

Age (Years) mean (sd) a

36.7 (12.8)

35.4 (11.8)

5663

Age groups

   

 18–29

735 (35.6)

1346 (37.4)

2081

 30–39

532 (25.8)

1065 (29.6)

1597

 40–49

387 (18.8)

641 (17.8)

1028

 50–59

289 (14.0)

414(11.5)

703

 60+

120 (5.8)

134 (3.7)

254

Education level

   

 No education

396 (19.2)

1287 (35.8)

1683

 Primary

1391 (67.4)

2073 (57.6)

3464

 Secondary and above

276 (13.4)

240 (6.7)

516

Occupation

   

 Professionals

80 (3.9)

82 (2.3)

162

 Farming

1543 (75.5)

2643 (74.1)

4186

 Business

132 (6.5)

652 (18.3)

784

 Skilled work

123 (6.0)

73 (2.1)

196

 Unskilled work

164 (8.0)

119 (3.3)

283

Residence

   

 Urban

627 (30.4)

1358 (37.7)

1985

 Rural

1434 (69.6)

2240 (62.3)

3674

 Missing = 4

   

Marital status

   

 Single/never married

547 (26.5)

273 (7.6)

820

 Married

1409 (73.5)

2573 (92.4)

3982

 Physical activity intensity

   

Work-related vigorous activity

   

 No

201 (9.7)

580 (16.1)

781

 Yes

1862 (90.3)

3020 (83.9)

4882

Work-related moderate activity

   

 No

359 (17.4)

656 (18.2)

1015

 Yes

1703 (82.6))

2941 (81.8)

4644

HIV

   

 Negative

1877 (91.0)

3202 (88.9)

5079

 Positive

185 (8.9)

397 (11.0)

582

 Missing = 1

   

Physical activity types

   

 Work-related physical activity

1962 (95.1)

3387 (94.1)

5349

 Leisure-time physical activity

1739 (83.3)

1612 (44.8)

3351

 Transport-related physical activity

2046 (99.2)

3506 (97.4)

5552

  1. a Mean age between sex (M vs. F)