Table 2.

Proportion of Thai adults who engaged in PA by domain in 2019

Characteristics	PA Domain
	Work-related			Transportation			Recreational
	%	95% CI		%	95% CI		%	95% CI
		Lower	Upper		Lower	Upper		Lower	Upper
Gender
Male	57.6	55.8	59.3	14.4	13.1	15.6	41.4	39.6	43.1
Female	55.5	53.8	57.2	20.3	18.9	21.7	41.9	40.1	43.5
Age group (years)
Young adults (18–34)	57.8	55.3	60.1	13.6	11.9	15.1	37.4	35.1	39.8
Middle age (35–64)	58.7	57.1	60.3	17.6	16.3	18.7	42.1	40.4	43.6
Older adult (65+)	46.1	43.0	49.3	23.7	21.0	26.3	47.2	44.0	50.3
Marital Status
Single	53.0	50.4	55.7	15.7	13.8	17.6	42.7	40.0	45.3
Married	58.9	57.4	60.4	17.3	16.1	18.4	40.7	39.2	42.2
Separated, widowed, divorced	49.9	46.4	53.3	21.5	18.6	24.2	44.6	41.1	47.9
Education
Primary or lower	57.1	55.2	58.9	21.9	20.3	23.4	38.3	36.4	40.0
Secondary	59.3	57.2	61.3	14.6	13.1	16.0	39.5	37.5	41.5
Higher	50.2	47.5	53.0	13.2	11.3	15.0	52.6	49.8	55.3
Occupation
Student	48.0	40.5	55.5	20.6	14.5	26.6	48.6	41.1	56.0
Private enterprise	55.8	53.2	58.3	13.3	11.5	15.0	44.3	41.7	46.8
Formal sector employee	51.9	48.9	54.9	14.2	12.1	16.3	50.9	47.9	53.9
Informal sector employee	64.5	61.7	67.2	16.3	14.2	18.4	31.9	29.3	34.6
Agriculture	75.9	73.3	78.5	20.6	18.1	23.0	33.7	30.8	36.6
Unemployed	40.9	38.3	43.4	22.5	20.3	24.7	45.1	42.4	47.6
Have a chronic disease
Yes	54.4	52.1	56.5	18.3	16.5	20.0	47.9	45.6	50.1
No	57.5	56.0	58.9	17.1	16.0	18.2	38.8	37.4	40.3
Area of residence
Urban	53.7	52.0	55.4	18.3	16.9	19.5	46.7	45.0	48.3
Rural	59.8	57.9	61.5	16.5	15.1	17.8	35.6	33.9	37.4

Formal sector employees include (1) civil servants, (2) politicians, (3) officers, (4) factory workers, and (5) retired civil servants. Informal sector employees include (1) freelancers and (2) professional athletes