Research Article
Health Behaviors among Male and Female University Students in Cambodia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 2
Physical activities among male and university students in the study.
| | Variables | Frequency | | Total n (%) | Males n (%) | Females n (%) | value |
| | Work involved vigorous-intensity activities for ≥10 min continuously | 0.001 | | Never | 973 (71.7) | 444 (64.4) | 529 (79.5) | | | Had 1–3 days/week | 261 (19.3) | 159 (23.1) | 102 (15.3) | | | Had 4–7 days/week | 120 (8.9) | 86 (12.5) | 34 (5.1) | |
| | Time usually spent doing vigorous-intensity activities on one of those days | 0.001 | | ≤30 min | 161 (51.1) | 89 (42.8) | 72 (67.3) | | | 31–60 min | 65 (20.6) | 53 (25.5) | 12 (11.2) | | | >60 min | 89 (28.3) | 66 (31.7) | 23 (21.5) | |
| | Work involved moderate-intensity activities for ≥10 min continuously | 0.61 | | Never | 352 (25.9) | 185 (26.9) | 167 (25.0) | | | Had 1–3 days/week | 564 (41.6) | 278 (40.4) | 286 (42.8) | | | Had 4–7 days/week | 441 (32.5) | 226 (32.8) | 215 (32.2) | |
| | Time spent doing moderate-intensity activities on one of those days | 0.94 | | ≤30 min | 514 (59.6) | 264 (60.0) | 250 (59.1) | | | 31–60 min | 204 (23.6) | 104 (23.6) | 100 (23.6) | | | >60 min | 145 (16.8) | 72 (16.4) | 73 (17.3) | |
| | Days walking for ≥10 min continuously to get to and from places | 0.08 | | Never | 470 (34.7) | 247 (35.9) | 223 (33.5) | | | Had 1–3 days/week | 338 (24.9) | 154 (22.4) | 184 (27.6) | | | Had 4–7 days/week | 547 (40.4) | 288 (41.8) | 259 (38.9) | |
| | Time usually spent walking on one of those days | 0.19 | | ≤30 min | 545 (73.1) | 261 (70.2) | 284 (75.9) | | | 31–60 min | 111 (14.9) | 60 (16.1) | 51 (13.6) | | | >60 min | 90 (12.1) | 51 (13.7) | 39 (10.4) | |
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Chi-squared test (or fisher’s exact test when a sample size was smaller than five in one cell) was used. |
