Table 4.

Strength of association between demographic variables and low levels of activity (odds ratio and its 95% CI) in nine rural Asian HDSSs

	Bangladesh				India	Vietnam		Indonesia	Thailand
Variables	Matlab	Mirsarai	Abhoynagar	WATCH	Vadu	Chililab	Filabavi	Purworejo	Kanchanaburi
Sex
Men	0.29 (0.23–0.35)	0.15 (0.12–0.19)	0.36 (0.29–0.45)	0.38 (0.28–0.51)	0.84 (0.69–1.02)	1.43 (1.09–1.87)	1.49 (1.23–1.8)	0.35 (0.28–0.46)	0.51 (0.41–0.65)
Women	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Age groups (years)
25–34	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
35–44	0.89 (0.68–1.16)	0.69 (0.52–0.92)	0.68 (0.51–0.91)	0.78 (0.54–1.13)	0.85 (0.66–1.1)	0.69 (0.48–1)	0.82 (0.63–1.05)	1.1 (0.79–1.52)	0.83 (0.6–1.14)
45–54	0.99 (0.76–1.29)	0.93 (0.7–1.24)	0.64 (0.48–0.87)	1.05 (0.74–1.49)	0.95 (0.73–1.24)	0.86 (0.61–1.21)	0.85 (0.66–1.1)	0.85 (0.6–1.22)	0.83 (0.59–1.16)
55–64	1.52 (1.16–1.97)	1.22 (0.92–1.62)	1.07 (0.8–1.42)	2.02 (1.45–2.82)	1.01 (0.76–1.34)	0.68 (0.47–1)	1.66 (1.25–2.19)	1.12 (0.78–1.62)	1.01 (0.74–1.4)
Highest education levels
No schooling and not graduated from primary school	0.82 (0.58–1.16)	0.57 (0.37–0.88)	0.65 (0.4–1.04)	0.24 (0.15–0.37)	0.78 (0.6–1.02)	0.8 (0.49–1.28)	0.33 (0.22–0.5)	0.31 (0.21–0.47)	0.55 (0.37–0.81)
Graduated from primary school	0.84 (0.58–1.22)	0.61 (0.36–1.03)	1 (0.57–1.74)	0.58 (0.34–0.99)	0.88 (0.63–1.22)	0.4 (0.26–0.62)	0.36 (0.25–0.51)	0.42 (0.3–0.59)	0.68 (0.48–0.97)
Graduated from secondary school	0.93 (0.54–1.62)	0.78 (0.49–1.23)	0.82 (0.5–1.35)	0.48 (0.27–0.87)	0.93 (0.7–1.24)	0.53 (0.39–0.71)	0.41 (0.3–0.56)	0.64 (0.45–0.93)	0.57 (0.34–0.95)
Graduated from high school or university	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1