Research Article
Physical Activity and Associated Socioeconomic Determinants in Rural and Urban Tanzania: Results from the 2012 WHO-STEPS Survey
Table 4
Factors associated with low levels of physical activity (≤600 MET).
| | Demographic factor | High (≥3000 MET/minutes/week),
(%) | Odds ratio | Unadjusted
AOR (95% CI) | Adjusted
AOR (95% CI) |
| | Settings | | | | | Rural | 83 (2.0) | 1 | 1 | | Urban | 94 (7.4) | 3.9 (2.9–5.2) | 2.9 (2.1–3.9) | | Occupation | | | | | Nonpaid | 7 (1.9) | 1 | 1 | | Employed | 29 (6.4) | 3.5 (1.5–8.1) | 3.0 (1.2–7.2) | | Self-employed | 81 (2.1) | 1.1 (0.5–2.4) | 1.1 (0.5–2.4) | | Homemaker | 38 (6.3) | 3.4 (1.5–7.8) | 2.2 (0.9–5.0) | | Others (retired, students, unemployed, etc.) | 22 (15.1) | 9.1 (3.8–21.9) | 5.0 (2.0–12.5) | | Education | | | | | None/not completed primary school | 57 (3.4) | 1 | 1 | | Primary school | 84 (2.6) | 0.8 (0.5–1.1) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | | Secondary | 26 (6.6) | 2.0 (1.2–3.2) | 1.3 (0.8–2.3) | | Tertiary | 10 (6.5) | 1.9 (1.0–3.9) | 0.9 (0.4–1.9) | | Age group | | | | | 25–34 | 61 (3.4) | 1 | 1 | | 35–44 | 38 (2.4) | 0.7 (0.5–1.0) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | | 45–54 | 34 (2.9) | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | | 55–64 | 44 (5.3) | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) | 1.4 (0.9–2.3) | | Sex | | | | | Male | 57 (2.3) | 1 | 1 | | Female | 120 (4.1) | 1.9 (1.3–2.5) | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) |
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