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Table 3 Estimates from Double-hurdle regression model for physical activity participation and the amount of time spent by gender, 2017–18 Demographic and Health Survey, Albania

From: Are there gender based differences in participation and time spent in physical activity in Albania? Evidence from 2017-18 demographic and health survey

 

Males

Females

Participation

Time spent

(Mins. per week)

Participation

Time spent

(Mins. per week)

AME

(95% CI)

AME

(95% CI)

AME

(95% CI)

AME

(95% CI)

Education Level (Ref. University and Post graduate)

 No education/Primary less than 4-year

−0.077

(− 0.216, 0.062)

78.485*

(− 9.843, 166.813)

− 0.142***

(− 0.218, − 0.065)

−29.274

(− 97.075, 38.527)

 Primary 8-year

−0.032

(− 0.106, 0.042)

21.866

(− 20.223, 63.956)

− 0.031

(− 0.069, 0.006)

−31.745*

(−66.412, 2.923)

 Secondary/Professional/Technical

− 0.020

(− 0.079, 0.038)

20.007

(−16.083, 56.098)

0.008

(− 0.026, 0.041)

−38.075**

(−70.319, −5.831)

Age (Ref: 18-24 years)

 25–29

− 0.071**

(− 0.135, − 0.006)

−2.511

(− 44.429, 39.407)

0.007

(− 0.032, 0.046)

−10.924

(− 54.884, 33.036)

 30–34

− 0.122***

(− 0.192, − 0.052)

−37.906

(−90.476, 14.663)

0.005

(− 0.044, 0.054)

1.407

(− 42.104, 44.917)

 35–39

− 0.081*

(− 0.174, 0.011)

−11.625

(− 65.978, 42.727)

0.037

(− 0.015, 0.089)

−15.080

(− 61.481, 31.320)

 40–44

− 0.089**

(− 0.176, − 0.003)

16.752

(− 46.173, 79.677)

0.064***

(0.018, 0.110)

−17.280

(−61.059, 26.500)

 45–49

− 0.046

(− 0.125, 0.033)

−4.552

(−61.670, 52.567)

0.057**

(0.009, 0.105)

−13.123

(− 57.398, 31.152)

 50–54

− 0.090**

(− 0.171, − 0.009)

− 23.197

(−82.029, 35.636)

0.055**

(0.006, 0.105)

−10.382

(−53.206, 32.442)

 55–59

−0.050

(− 0.140, 0.040)

−6.400

(−62.521, 49.721)

0.046*

(− 0.003, 0.094)

−8.840

(− 52.498, 34.819)

Marital Status (Ref: Never Married)

 Currently Married or living together

− 0.060*

(− 0.127, 0.008)

−0.650

(− 43.817, 42.516)

−0.064***

(− 0.102, − 0.026)

−14.618

(− 50.595, 21.358)

 Divorced/separated/ widowed

−0.032

(− 0.163, 0.099)

42.603

(−33.454, 118.660)

−0.036

(− 0.092, 0.020)

−39.670*

(− 84.730, 5.391)

Occupation Status (Ref: Unemployed)

 Professional/technical/managerial

0.268***

(0.178, 0.358)

84.172***

(31.831, 136.514)

0.294***

(0.247, 0.342)

−75.520***

(− 112.207, − 38.833)

 Clerical

0.395***

(0.250, 0.541)

84.919***

(24.251, 145.588)

0.154***

(0.087, 0.221)

−100.470***

(− 168.849, −32.091)

 Sales and Services

0.315***

(0.254, 0.377)

22.585

(−24.435, 69.604)

0.357***

(0.318, 0.395)

−139.441***

(− 174.487, − 104.395)

 Skilled Manual

0.268***

(0.209, 0.326)

32.978

(− 10.464, 76.421)

0.289***

(0.244, 0.334)

− 104.618***

(− 139.192, − 70.044)

 Unskilled Manual

0.348***

(0.285, 0.412)

4.384

(−41.963, 50.732)

0.326***

(0.289, 0.363)

−112.180***

(− 147.753, −76.606)

 Agriculture

0.478***

(0.413, 0.543)

50.576**

(7.575, 93.577)

0.491***

(0.452, 0.529)

−70.776***

(−103.060, − 38.491)

Lifestyle variables

 Smoking

−0.027

(− 0.067, 0.013)

−2.817

(− 25.841, 20.207)

− 0.009

(− 0.065, 0.046)

54.799***

(15.467, 94.130)

 Moderate Drinking

0.005

(− 0.043, 0.053)

−15.049

(−39.800, 9.703)

0.028*

(− 0.001, 0.058)

9.749

(− 10.612, 30.110)

 Healthy eating habits

0.011

(− 0.100, 0.121)

63.648**

(9.674, 117.623)

0.045*

(− 0.006, 0.096)

14.168

(− 23.572, 51.908)

Health Status compared to a year ago (Ref: Better)

 Same

− 0.050

(− 0.114, 0.014)

 

− 0.101***

(− 0.130, − 0.072)

 

 Poor or worse

−0.054

(− 0.145, 0.038)

 

−0.017

(− 0.058, 0.024)

 

Regions (Ref: Tiranë)

 Berat

0.046

(−0.037, 0.129)

−101.667***

(− 147.724, −55.609)

0.039

(− 0.015, 0.093)

−157.231***

(− 189.095, − 125.367)

 DibĂ«r

−0.174***

(− 0.260, − 0.089)

−21.344

(−68.567, 25.880)

0.035

(− 0.032, 0.103)

20.397

(− 12.674, 53.467)

 DurrĂ«s.

−0.105**

(− 0.200, − 0.011)

−79.256***

(− 118.376, − 40.137)

−0.161***

(− 0.219, − 0.103)

−179.532***

(− 225.787, − 133.277)

 Elbasan

−0.133**

(− 0.254, − 0.012)

−58.397*

(− 125.879, 9.085)

0.021

(− 0.034, 0.077)

− 89.327***

(− 121.893, −56.761)

 Fier

−0.008

(− 0.093, 0.077)

− 144.920***

(− 183.681, − 106.159)

−0.038

(− 0.094, 0.018)

−60.539***

(−91.144, − 29.933)

 GjirokastĂ«r

−0.225***

(− 0.332, − 0.118)

−131.150***

(− 203.876, − 58.425)

0.011

(− 0.059, 0.080)

−53.951***

(−86.110, − 21.791)

 Korçë

−0.282***

(− 0.384, − 0.181)

−191.043***

(− 246.664, − 135.422)

−0.040

(− 0.095, 0.015)

−89.227***

(− 121.135, − 57.319)

 KukĂ«s

−0.101*

(− 0.222, 0.019)

75.603***

(36.167, 115.039)

−0.142***

(− 0.219, − 0.064)

− 82.356***

(− 120.794, − 43.919)

 LezhĂ«

−0.030

(− 0.129, 0.068)

−115.384***

(− 158.318, − 72.449)

−0.090***

(− 0.153, − 0.028)

−100.030***

(− 144.886, − 55.174)

 ShkodĂ«r.

−0.048

(− 0.146, 0.049)

− 90.524***

(− 135.948, − 45.100)

−0.120***

(− 0.176, − 0.065)

−137.663***

(− 175.876, − 99.449)

 VlorĂ«

0.003

(− 0.084, 0.091)

−25.175

(− 66.974, 16.625)

0.037

(−0.037, 0.111)

− 55.514***

(− 90.668, − 20.360)

Household Economic Status (Ref: Very Poor/ Poor)

Middle

0.012

(− 0.041, 0.065)

− 51.881***

(− 85.446, − 18.317)

0.031**

(0.004, 0.059)

− 32.819**

(− 60.269, −5.369)

Rich/Very Rich

0.059**

(0.004, 0.115)

− 35.090*

(− 71.736, 1.556)

0.031*

(− 0.003, 0.065)

−42.737***

(− 70.917, − 14.558)

Household access to motor vehicle

−0.052**

(− 0.095, − 0.009)

 

−0.008

(− 0.033, 0.017)

 

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

− 0.020

(− 0.061, 0.021)

−44.055***

(− 74.787, − 13.323)

−0.026**

(− 0.048, − 0.004)

−11.518

(− 31.043, 8.008)

Number of school going children in the household (5–14 yrs)

− 0.011

(− 0.040, 0.018)

4.783

(−12.919, 22.485)

0.008

(−0.008, 0.023)

1.756

(−12.194, 15.706)

Place of residence (Ref: Rural)

−0.047

(− 0.105, 0.011)

9.333

(− 21.084, 39.749)

0.023

(− 0.015, 0.061)

19.860

(−4.601, 44.321)

Wald Chi2 (P > Chi2)

378.20(0.00)

 

493.12 (0.00)

 

Log pseudolikelihood

−14,921.809

 

−30,949.493

 

Number of observations

5400

 

13,652

 
  1. AME Average Marginal effects, CI Confidence interval
  2. *** p-value < 0.01, **p-value < 0.05, *p-value < 0.10