Table 3.
Associations between individual-level characteristics and physical activity stratified by sex
| |
Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
N |
OR 95% CI |
N |
OR 95% CI |
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| Vigorous | Moderate | Walking | Vigorous | Moderate | Walking | |||||||||
| Occupation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White collara |
18,099 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
16,158 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
| Blue collarb |
21,845 |
1.84 |
1.76-1.93 |
1.17 |
1.12-1.23 |
0.96 |
0.92-1.01 |
10,535 |
1.37 |
1.28-1.47 |
1.26 |
1.19-1.33 |
0.98 |
0.92-1.04 |
| Agriculture |
21,198 |
3.00 |
2.85-3.15 |
1.30 |
1.24-1.36 |
1.26 |
1.19-1.33 |
10,748 |
2.71 |
2.53-2.90 |
1.46 |
1.37-1.56 |
1.17 |
1.09-1.25 |
| Armed forcesc |
1,172 |
1.39 |
1.22-1.58 |
1.09 |
0.96-1.24 |
1.11 |
0.97-1.27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Not working for pay |
16,282 |
1.01 |
0.96-1.07 |
0.77 |
0.73-0.81 |
0.85 |
0.80-0.89 |
60,849 |
0.97 |
0.92-1.03 |
1.10 |
1.06-1.15 |
0.74 |
0.71-0.78 |
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Higher educationd |
19,686 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
22,266 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
| Secondary school |
21,497 |
1.15 |
1.10-1.21 |
1.09 |
1.04-1.14 |
1.01 |
0.96-1.06 |
25,042 |
0.95 |
0.90-1.00 |
1.23 |
1.18-1.29 |
1.02 |
0.98-1.07 |
| Primary school |
16,890 |
1.42 |
1.35-1.50 |
1.03 |
0.98-1.08 |
0.97 |
0.92-1.02 |
19,042 |
1.20 |
1.13-1.28 |
1.24 |
1.18-1.30 |
1.00 |
0.95-1.05 |
| Less than primary |
9,883 |
1.62 |
1.51-1.73 |
0.98 |
0.92-1.04 |
0.98 |
0.93-1.04 |
11,990 |
1.43 |
1.34-1.54 |
1.20 |
1.13-1.27 |
0.99 |
0.93-1.05 |
| None | 10,640 | 1.79 | 1.67-1.91 | 1.08 | 1.02-1.15 | 0.91 | 0.85-0.98 | 20,099 | 1.68 | 1.57-1.80 | 1.19 | 1.12-1.26 | 1.03 | 0.97-1.09 |
a White collar (e.g. legislator, clerk or sales worker).
b Blue collar (e.g. craft trades worker, elementary worker or plant operator).
c The group of women working in the armed forces was too small to include in these results.
d Post graduate, university or high school.