Physical Activity among Rural Residents in Eastern, Central, and Western Provinces of China: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 2

PA status of survey participants ().

Variables		Physically active		Physically inactive		Chi-squared value	value
			%		%
Total		2940	77.8	840	22.2
Gender	Male	1510	80.9	357	19.1	20.520	<0.001
	Female	1430	74.8	483	25.2
Ethnicity	Han ethnic group	2613	76.7	794	23.3	23.418	<0.001
	Ethnic minority groups	327	87.7	46	12.3
Age (years)	15-34	517	75.5	168	24.5	51.415	<0.001
	35-59	1468	82.8	305	17.2
	60 and above	955	72.2	367	27.8
Marital status	Single	145	72.1	56	27.9	22.952	<0.001
	Married	2582	78.9	689	21.1
	Widowed	192	67.8	91	32.2
	Divorced	21	84.0	4	16.0
Educational attainment	Illiterate or have little literacy	744	74.0	262	26.0	12.028	0.017
	Primary school	701	79.7	178	20.3
	Junior high school	1039	78.8	279	21.2
	High school	413	79.3	108	20.7
	Undergraduate and above	43	76.8	13	23.2
Occupation	Farmers/migrant workers	1765	83.0	362	17.0	187.695	<0.001
	Business men/service workers	395	87.4	57	12.6
	Employees of governmental departments/retirees	145	75.5	47	24.5
	School students	52	67.5	25	32.5
	The unemployed	583	62.6	349	37.4
Annual per capita household income (CNY)	0 ~	1045	73.9	369	26.1	21.738	<0.001
	5000 ~	670	80.2	165	19.8
	10000 ~	678	78.7	184	21.3
	20000 ~	547	81.8	122	18.2
Smoking	Yes	958	80.4	234	19.6	6.764	0.009
	No	1982	76.6	606	23.4
Alcohol consumption	Yes	720	83.5	142	16.5	21.352	<0.001
	No	2220	76.1	698	23.9
Status of NCDs	Yes	967	72.2	373	27.8	37.848	<0.001
	No	1973	80.9	467	19.1