Skip to content

Vigorous physical activity

Vigorous physical activity

Period: April 2007
Question: During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do vigorous physical activities for at least 10 minutes at a time? Vigorous physical activities are those that make you breathe much harder than normal, e.g. football, swimming, heavy physical work, aerobics, jogging, etc.



Day Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
None 558 (57.5%) 796 (72.1%) 1 354 (65.3%)
One day 125 (12.9%) 110 (10.0%) 235 (11.3%)
Two days 92 (9.5%) 84 (7.6%) 175 (8.5%)
Three or more days 195 (20.1%) 114 (10.4%) 310 (14.9%)
Total 970 (100.0%) 1 104 (100.0%) 2 074 (100.0%)

Note: Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.