Table 3 Meeting the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity guideline: population prevalence and associations with sociodemographic variables

Total (n)

73.2 (72.8–73.7)

88.1 (87.7–88.4)

87.6 (87.3–87.9)

81.7 (81.3–82.1)

0.078**

 Male

73.7 (73.1–74.4)

89.2 (88.7–89.6)

89.6 (89.2–90.0)

83.6 (83.1–84.0)

0.024**

 Female

72.7 (72.1–73.3)

87.0 (86.5–87. 5)

85.6 (85.2–86.1)

79.9 (79.4–80.4)

0.151**

1.01 (0.96–1.06)

0.96 (0.90–1.03)

0.74 (0.70–0.78)

0.82 (0.78–0.86)

0.269*

 18–29

67.9 (67.1–68.7)

85.0 (84.4–85.6)

83.9 (83.2–84.5)

77.5 (76.8–78.2)

0.127**

 30–39

73.4 (72.6–74.3)

88.4 (87.8–89.1)

86.7 (86.1–87.3)

80.2 (79.5–81.0)

0.171**

1.18 (1.10–1.26)

1.04 (0.95–1.13)

1.19 (1.10–1.29)

1.06 (0.99–1.13)

0.811*

 40–49

77.3 (76.4–78.2)

91.0 (90.4–91.6)

90.6 (90.1–91.2)

84.3 (83.7–85.0)

0.054**

1.36 (1.26–1.47)

1.38 (1.25–1.54)

1.70 (1.55–1.86)

1.24 (1.15–1.33)

0.818*

 50–59

79.5 (78.4–80.5)

89.7 (88.9–90.5)

90.4 (89.8–91.0)

85.5 (84.8–86.1)

0.005**

1.48 (1.36–1.62)

1.23 (1.10–1.39)

1.71 (1.55–1.89)

1.31 (1.21–1.42)

0.887*

 Urban

57.6 (56.8–58.5)

81.2 (80.5–81.8)

82.4 (81.8–83.0)

77.3 (76.7–77.8)

0.034**

 Rural

80.8 (80.3–81.3)

91.6 (91.3–92.0)

90.0 (89.7–90.3)

85.6 (85.2–86.1)

0.237**

1.95 (1.84–2.07)

1.45 (1.33–1.57)

1.19 (1.10–1.28)

1.19 (1.12–1.26)

0.042*

 Bangkok

49.9 (48.4–51.3)

73.0 (71.7–74.2)

73.3 (72.1–74.6)

67.7 (66.6–68.8)

0.069**

 Central

67.5 (66.6–68.5)

86.7 (86.0–87.4)

84.0 (83.3–84.7)

78.6 (77.9–79.3)

0.278**

1.21 (1.11–1.31)

1.80 (1.62–1.99)

1.76 (1.61–1.94)

1.58 (1.47–1.70)

0.497*

 North

78.7 (77.8–79.7)

93.1 (92.5–93.7)

92.7 (92.2–93.3)

89.3 (88.6–90.0)

0.107**

1.82 (1.66–1.99)

3.54 (3.11–4.03)

4.12 (3.66–4.64)

3.46 (3.14–3.81)

0.025**

 North-East

82.0 (81.3–82.7)

91.7 (91.2–92.2)

90.7 (90.3–91.2)

85.9 (85.3–86.5)

0.122**

2.21 (2.02–2.41)

2.73 (2.44–3.06)

3.20 (2.88–3.55)

2.48 (2.29–2.70)

0.708*

 South

74.9 (73.6–76.1)

90.9 (90.0–91.7)

90.3 (89.6–91.0)

87.3 (86.5–88.2)

0.140**

1.49 (1.35–1.65)

2.49 (2.17–2.87)

2.92 (2.59–3.30)

2.77 (2.51–3.06)

0.080*

 Never married

65.4 (64.5–66.4)

82.6 (81.8–83.4)

82.7 (82.0–83.4)

76.9 (76.1–77.6)

0.056**

 Married

76.0 (75.4–76.5)

90.4 (89.7–90.4)

89.2 (88.8–89.5)

83.7 (83.3–84.1)

0.119**

0.97 (0.91–1.04)

1.24 (1.14–1.34)

1.22 (1.13–1.31)

1.13 (1.06–1.20)

0.664*

 Formerly married

73.1 (71.3–75.0)

86.9 (85.8–88.3)

87.5 (86.3–88.6)

82.5 (81.2–83.7)

0.024**

0.82 (0.73–0.92)

0.95 (0.81–1.11)

1.09 (0.96–1.24)

1.04 (0.93–1.15)

0.477*

 Buddhist

72.9 (72.5–73.4)

88.0 (87.6–88.3)

87.4 (87.1–87.7)

81.5 (81.1–81.8)

0.082**

 Non-Buddhist

78.8 (77.0–80.7)

90.4 (89.0–91.7)

90.7 (89.5–91.9)

86.3 (84.9–87. 8)

0.020**

1.44 (1.27–1.63)

1.2 (1.01–1.45)

1.49 (1.28–1.75)

1.25 (1.09–1.43)

0.831*

 Employed

74.8 (74.3–75.3)

90.5 (90.2–90.8)

89.1 (88.8–89.4)

83.3 (82.9–83.7)

0.168**

 Unemployed

65.6 (64.5–66.8)

76.6 (75.6–77.6)

80.1 (79.3–81.0)

75.0 (74.1–75.9)

<  0.001**

0.74 (0.69–0.78)

0.41 (0.38–0.44)

0.59 (0.55–0.63)

0.63 (0.59–0.66)

0.947*

 None

79.9 (77.6–82.2)

84.4 (82.4–86.5)

84.6 (83.1–86.2)

78.6 (77.4–79.8)

<  0.001**

 Primary

80.7 (80.2–81.2)

91.0 (90.6–91.4)

89.9 (89.5–90.3)

86.6 (86.1–87.1)

0.707*

1.06 (0.91–1.22)

1.67 (1.40–1.99)

1.39 (1.22–1.59)

1.54 (1.41–1.68)

0.460*

 Secondary

63.2 (62.2–64.1)

84.5 (83.8–85.2)

86.4 (85.8–86.9)

80.3 (79.6–80.9)

0.009**

0.62 (0.53–0.72)

1.45 (1.21–1.74)

1.42 (1.24–1.62)

1.21 (1.12–1.32)

0.113**

 Higher education

53.7 (52.1–55.2)

84.5 (83.5–85.6)

83.7 (82.9–84.5)

77.6 (76.8–78.3)

0.125**

0.44 (0.38–0.52)

1.43 (1.18–1.72)

1.38 (1.20–1.59)

1.27 (1.16–1.39)

0.122**

 Unspecified

56.1 (45.3–66.8)

89.1 (83.6–94.6)

87.5 (81.5–93.6)

76.9 (71.6–82.2)

0.085**

0.51 (0.32–0.82)

2.87 (1.62–5.49)

1.46 (0.84–2.71)

1.04 (0.76–1.42)

0.558**