Physical Activity and Associated Socioeconomic Determinants in Rural and Urban Tanzania: Results from the 2012 WHO-STEPS Survey

Table 3

Proportional of participants reported not to engage in transport, recreational, and work physical activities (PA) by social-demographic characteristics (within group comparison).

Demographic factor	Transport PA,; (%)	Vigorous/moderate recreational PA,; (%)	Vigorous/moderate work, PA,; (%)
Age group
25–34	179 (9.6)	1214 (65.1)	141 (7.6)
35–44	165 (10.0)	1195 (72.1)	114 (6.9)
45–54	128 (10.2)	938 (74.9)	121 (9.7)
55–64	132 (14.6)	738 (81.6)	134 (14.8)
Sex
Female	397 (13.0)	2394 (78.3)	243 (7.9)
Male	207 (7.9)	1691 (64.5)	267 (10.2)
Settings
Rural	416 (9.6)	3115 (72.2)	300 (7.0)
Urban	188 (13.8)	970 (71.1)	210 (15.4)
Occupation
Employed	61 (12.8)	284 (59.5)	80 (16.8)
Self-employed	367 (9.2)	2859 (71.5)	281 (7.0)
Nonpaid	40 (10.5)	317 (83.2)	19 (5.0)
Homemaker	97 (15.0)	498 (83.2)	78 (12.0)
Others (retired, students, unemployed, etc.)	37 (21.6)	125 (73.1)	50 (29.2)
Education
None/not completed primary school	205 (11.7)	1356 (77.7)	160 (9.2)
Primary school	314 (9.4)	2392 (71.4)	256 (7.6)
Secondary	58 (13.6)	243 (57.2)	65 (15.3)
Tertiary	27 (16.8)	94 (58.4)	29 (18.0)

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