Table 1 Summary Statistics for the dependent and independent variables, 2017–18 Demographic and Health Survey, Albania (N = 19,052)

Participation in any PA

0.313

0.464

Minutes spent per week, conditional on participation

168.652

155.496

 Male

0.283

0.451

 No education/Primary less than 4-year

0.022

0.145

 Primary 8-year

0.455

0.498

 Secondary/Professional/Technical

0.355

0.478

 University and Post-graduate

0.169

0.375

 18–24

0.158

0.364

 25–29

0.108

0.311

 30–34

0.102

0.303

 35–39

0.099

0.299

 40–44

0.110

0.313

 45–49

0.128

0.334

 50–54

0.143

0.350

 55–59

0.152

0.359

 Never married

0.192

0.394

 Currently Married or living together

0.767

0.423

 Divorced/separated/ widowed

0.040

0.197

 Unemployed

0.564

0.496

 Professional/technical/managerial

0.077

0.267

 Clerical

0.014

0.117

 Sales and Services

0.068

0.252

 Skilled manual

0.094

0.291

 Unskilled manual

0.088

0.283

 Agriculture

0.096

0.294

 Smoking

0.126

0.332

 Moderate Drinking

0.262

0.440

 Healthy eating habits

0.048

0.215

 Better

0.280

0.449

 Same

0.631

0.483

 Poor or worse

0.089

0.286

 Berat

0.072

0.259

 Dibër

0.100

0.294

 Durrës

0.080

0.275

 Elbasan

0.082

0.275

 Fier

0.090

0.286

 Gjirokastër

0.068

0.252

 Korçë

0.098

0.298

 Kukës

0.091

0.287

 Lezhë

0.067

0.250

 Shkodër

0.080

0.272

 Tiranë

0.106

0.908

 Vlorë

0.067

0.251

 Very Poor / Poor

0.514

0.500

 Middle

0.195

0.397

 Very Rich/Rich

0.291

0.454

Household access to motor vehicle

0.469

0.499

Number of young children in the household (0–4 years)

0.257

0.534

Number of school-age going children in the household (5–15 years)

0.537

0.817

 Urban

0.466

0.499