Table 1 Characteristics of sample by country
Country | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina (n = 26,932) | Brazil (n = 52,490) | Chile (n = 3719) | Ecuador (n = 19,851) | Peru (n = 8820) | Suriname (n = 5170) | |
Sex | ||||||
Men | 48.7 (47.6 to 49.9) | 47.6 (46.8 to 48.6) | 48.9 (46.3 to 51.6) | 48.2 (47.3 to 49.1) | 48.0 (46.7 to 49.4) | 49.1 (47.5 to 50.7) |
Women | 51.3 (50.1 to 52.4) | 52.4 (51.7 to 53.2) | 51.1 (48.4 to 53.7) | 51.8 (50.9 to 52.7) | 52.0 (50.6 to 53.3) | 50.9 (49.3 to 52.5) |
Age group | ||||||
18-34y | 45.3 (44.1 to 46.5) | 42.8 (42.1 to 43.6) | 38.6 (36.0 to 41.2) | 51.8 (50.5 to 53.1) | 43.2 (41.9 to 44.6) | 44.6 (42.9 to 46.2) |
35-49y | 31.3 (30.3 to 32.4) | 32.2 (31.5 to 32.9) | 37.1 (34.6 to 39.7) | 33.2 (32.0 to 34.5) | 33.9 (32.6 to 35.1) | 34.2 (32.7 to 35.7) |
50-64y | 23.4 (22.4 to 24.3) | 25.0 (24.4 to 25.7) | 24.3 (22.3 to 26.5) | 15.0 (13.8 to 16.3) | 22.9 (21.8 to 24.1) | 21.2 (20.1 to 22.5) |
Educational status | ||||||
No education | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) | 4.2 (3.9 to 4.5) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.4) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.7) | 4.1 (3.7 to 4.6) | 7.8 (7.0 to 8.6) |
Less than secondary | 43.5 (42.3 to 44.6) | 40.2 (39.4 to 40.9) | 31.6 (29.2 to 34.0) | 50.0 (48.0 to 52.0) | 37.3 (36.0 to 38.5) | 66.9 (65.3 to 68.5) |
Secondary education | 39.3 (38.1 to 40.4) | 40.4 (39.7 to 41.2) | 58.7 (56.1 to 61.2) | 29.8 (28.6 to 31.0) | 39.4 (38.1 to 40.8) | 18.1 (16.8 to 19.5) |
College or more | 16.4 (15.6 to 17.2) | 15.2 (14.6 to 5.7) | 8.9 (7.3 to 10.7) | 18.8 (17.2 to 20.5) | 19.2 (18.0 to 20.4) | 7.3 (6.4 to 8.2) |
Wage | ||||||
Minimum wage | 21.3 (20.4 to 22.2) | 17.8 (17.1 to 18.5) | 28.1 (25.9 to 30.4) | – | – | 25.3 (23.4 to 27.4) |
More than minimum | 78.7 (77.8 to 79.6) | 82.2 (81.5 to 82.9) | 71.9 (69.6 to 74.1) | – | – | 74.7 (72.6 to 76.6) |
Total PA (%) | 60.2 (59.0 to 61.3) | 55.4 (54.7 to 56.2) | 79.2 (77.1 to 81.1) | 58.2 (56.9 to 59.5) | 70.0 (68.6 to 71.2) | 61.3 (59.7 to 62.9) |
Leisure time PA (%) | 29.2 (28.2 to 30.3) | 20.3 (19.7 to 21.0) | 20.8 (18.7 to 23.0) | 15.3 (14.4 to 16.4) | 8.6 (7.9 to 9.4) | 17.4 (16.1 to 18.8) |
Transport PA (%) | 63.6 (62.3 to 64.9) | 51.3 (50.6 to 52.1) | 66.2 (63.7 to 68.7) | 8.8 (8.0 to 9.6) | 69.7 (68.4 to 71.0) | 27.5 (26.1 to 29.0) |
Occupational PA | – | 18.3 (17.7 to 18.9) | 60.4 (57.8 to 62.9) | – | 51.2 (49.9 to 52.6) | 51.8 (50.2 to 53.4) |
High sitting time (%) | 58.4 (57.3 to 59.6) | 14.8 (14.2 to 15.3) | 35.5 (32.9 to 38.1) | – | 78.8 (77.7 to 79.9) | 53.0 (51.4 to 54.6) |