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

Table 5

Factors associated with highest level of physical activity (≥3000 MET).

Demographic factor	High  (≥3000 MET/minutes/week),; (%)	Odds ratio
		Unadjusted; AOR (95% CI)	Adjusted; AOR (95% CI)
Settings
Urban	928 (72.6)	1	1
Rural	3670 (89.1)	3.1 (2.6–3.6)	2.4 (2.0–2.9)
Occupation
Retired, students, unemployed, and so on	93 (63.7)	1	1
Employed	321 (71.0)	1.4 (0.9–2.1)	1.0 (0.7–1.5)
Homemakers	456 (75.1)	1.7 (1.2–2.5)	1.4 (0.9–2.2)
Self-employed	3389 (88.6)	4.4 (3.1–6.3)	2.6 (1.8–3.8)
Nonpaid	338 (92.1)	6.6 (4.0–11.0)	3.8 (2.2–6.4)
Education
Tertiary	107 (69.5)	1	1
Secondary	291 (73.5)	1.2 (0.8–1.8)	0.9 (0.6–1.4)
Primary	2777 (86.9)	2.9 (2.0–4.2)	1.4 (0.9–2.1)
Non	1423 (86.1)	2.7 (1.9–3.9)	1.5 (1.0–2.3)
Age group
55–64	669 (80.3)	1	1
45–54	1027 (86.4)	1.6 (1.2–2.0)	1.5 (1.2–2.0)
35–44	1378 (86.7)	1.6 (1.3–2.0)	1.5 (1.2–2.0)
25–34	1524 (85.3)	1.4 (1.1–1.8)	1.5 (1.2–1.9)
Sex
Female	2382 (82.1)	1	1
Male	2216 (85.2)	1.7 (1.5–2.0)	1.6 (1.3–1.9)

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