Table 4 Factors associated with doing physical activity of 600 MET-minutes per week or more among adults (25–64 years) in Dire Dawa city, eastern Ethiopia, 2017

 55–64

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 25–29

1.34 (0.91, 1.98)

1.33 (0.84, 2.10)

 30–44

1.27 (0.89, 1.82)

1.22 (0.81, 1.82)

 45–54

1.10 (0.70, 1.74)

1.08 (0.66, 1.74)

 Female

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 Male

1.73 (1.29, 2.31)

1.45 (1.05, 1.99)

 No formal education

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 College diploma and above

1.52 (0.89, 2.60)

0.72 (0.38, 1.36)

 Secondary  (9–12 grade)

1.40 (0.91, 2.14)

0.88 (0.53, 1.46)

 Primary (1–8 grade)

1.72 (1.12, 2.64)

1.35 (0.85, 2.15)

 Married

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 Never married

2.31 (0.93, 1.85)

1.26 (0.86, 1.86)

 Divorced/widowed

0.86 (0.58, 1.28)

0.92 (0.61, 1.40)

 Employed office work

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 Merchant

0.73 (0.47, 1.12)

0.67 (0.42, 1.06)

 Unemployed

0.52 (0.37, 0.73)

0.51 (0.35, 0.75)

 Other^b

0.90 (0.56, 1.43)

 Oromo

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 Amhara

0.87 (0.64, 1.19)

 Other^a

1.15 (0.76, 1.73)

  > =25.0 kg/m²

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  < 18.5 kg/m²

1.39 (0.81, 2.38)

1.47 (0.85, 2.56)

 18.5–24.99 kg/m²

1.35 (1.02, 1.80)

1.25 (0.93, 1.68)