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Research Article

Seasonal Variations in Physical Activity Domains among Rural and Urban Bangladeshis Using a Culturally Relevant Past Year Physical Activity Questionnaire (PYPAQ)

Table 1

Characteristics of the rural and urban residents.


Variables	Total (n = 162)	Rural (n = 97)	Urban (n = 65)
Variables	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)

Age
≤30 years	56 (34)	28 (29)	28 (43)	0.001
31–40 years	66 (41)	35 (36)	31 (48)
≥41 years	40 (25)	34 (35)	6 (9)

Gender
Male	74 (45)	47 (49)	27 (41)	0.42
Female	89 (55)	50 (52)	39 (59)	0.42

Marital status
Unmarried	17 (10)	10 (10)	11 (17)	0.52
Married	131 (81)	86 (89)	55 (83)
Others	15 (9)	1 (1)	0 (0)

Education
Illiterate	17 (10)	8 (8)	9 (14)	0.0001
Informal education	15 (9)	13 (13)	2 (3)
Primary school completed	40 (25)	31 (32)	9 (13)
High school completed	62 (38)	39 (41)	23 (35)
University level	29 (18)	6 (6)	23 (35)

Ownership of house
Owned	108 (66)	96 (99)	12 (18)	<0.001
Rented	47 (29)	0 (0)	47 (73)
Others	7 (5)	1 (1)	6 (9)

Ownership of land
Yes	133 (82)	95 (98)	38 (58)	<0.001
No	29 (18)	2 (2)	27 (42)

Results are expressed as number (%); X² test was performed to test for differences between rural vs. urban.

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