Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of physical activity levels among South African adults in Cape Town and Mount Frere communities in 2008-2009

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics by physical activity levels among adults South Africans from Cape Town and Mount Frere communities in 2008-2009

Variables	Urban (n = 877)				Rural (n = 856)				Overall (N = 1733)
	Physical activity				Physical activity				Physical activity
	Low	Moderate	Vigorous	P-value	Low	Moderate	Vigorous	P-value	Low	Moderate	Vigorous	P-value
	(%)	(%)	(%)	P-value	(%)	(%)	(%)	P-value	(%)	(%)	(%)	P-value
Gender				0.371				0.031				0.014
Women	21.4	61.8	16.8		32.1	52.2	15.7		26.9	56.9	16.2
Men	19.5	59.8	20.7		27.1	49.2	23.6		22.9	55.1	22.0
Age				0.057				<0.001				<0.001
35-44	20.5	62.1	17.4		25.6	48.8	25.6		23.0	55.4	21.5
45-54	19.9	59.0	21.2		27.1	57.1	15.8		23.2	58.1	18.7
55-64	18.9	63.6	17.5		33.1	53.0	14.0		26.1	58.2	15.7
65 and above	32.1	60.3	7.7		54.8	38.1	7.1		43.8	48.8	7.4
BMI (kg/m²)				0.850				0.314				0.463
< 18.5	29.4	52.4	17.6		21.1	63.0	15.9		25.0	58.3	16.7
18.5-24.9	20.8	57.3	21.9		29.5	52.6	17.9		26.6	54.2	19.2
25.0-29.9	20.5	61.4	18.1		33.7	55.4	10.9		29.6	57.3	13.1
> 30.0	17.3	63.5	19.2		32.4	49.1	18.5		25.1	56.0	18.9
Education level				0.009				0.167				0.003
Primary	24.4	63.6	12.0		33.5	50.8	15.7		30.5	55.0	14.5
Secondary	18.6	61.9	19.5		29.4	51.6	19.0		22.9	53.8	19.3
Tertiary	30.6	46.8	22.6		12.5	62.5	25.0		25.6	51.2	23.3
Marital status				0.010				0.086				<0.001
Single	17.1	61.7	21.2		28.8	51.1	20.1		21.5	57.8	20.8
Married	23.1	61.7	15.3		29.2	52.0	18.8		26.5	56.2	17.3
Divorced/separated	28.6	58.6	12.8		36.8	51.2	12.0		33.6	54.1	12.3
Occupation				<0.001				<0.001				<0.001
Skilled	21.0	51.8	27.2		20.0	48.0	32.0		20.6	50.3	29.1
Less skilled	20.8	63.9	15.2		32.8	52.1	15.0		27.0	57.8	15.1
Location												<0.001
Urban									20.9	61.2	17.9
Rural									31.0	51.5	17.5

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