Level of physical activity

Period: April 2009
Questions: During the last 7 days, on how many days did you:
i) do vigorous physical activities for at least 10 minutes at a time? On those days that you have performed vigorous physical activities for at least 10 minutes, how much time on average per day did you usually spend on doing vigorous physical activities? ii) do moderate physical activities for at least 10 minutes at a time? On those days that you have performed moderate physical activities for at least 10 minutes, how much time on average per day did you usually spend on doing moderate physical activities?
iii) walk for at least 10 minutes at a time? This includes walking to office/school, walking to travel from place to place, and walking for leisure. On those days that you have walked for at least 10 minutes, how much time on average did you usually spend on walking in one of those days?

Classification: According to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) Scoring Protocol
(short form, November 2005- revised version)

Level of physical activity	Male Number (%)	Female Number (%)	Overall Number (%)
Low	198 (19.8%)	260 (22.0%)	458 (21.0%)
Moderate	563 (56.2%)	644 (54.5%)	1 208 (55.3%)
High	234 (23.4%)	261 (22.1%)	495 (22.7%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers	7 (0.6%)	17 (1.5%)	24 (1.1%)
Total	1 002 (100.0%)	1 183 (100.0%)	2 185 (100.0%)

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