From: The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: results from 20 countries
Country | Sampling Procedures | IPAQ Short Form Administration | Month Year | Response Rate | Sample Size 18–65 yrs | % male | % education> 13 years |
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Argentina | A representative sample of Buenos Aires – Multistage stratified random selection of houses/apartments and blocks | Self | Jun 2003 | 72% | 1203 | 44.9 | 46.6 |
Australia | A nationally representative sample – RDD with simple random sample of households | Telephone | Apr 2003 | 55% | 2691 | 44.0 | 48.8 |
Belgium | A representative sample of Flanders – Random selection of municipalities/cities and inhabitants within municipality/city | Self | Mar–May, Sept–Oct 2003 | 28% | 1969 | 51.9 | 45.1 |
Brazil | State of Sao Paulo representative sample – Simple random sample proportional to size | Interviewer | Mar–May 2003 | 85% | 991 | 48.5 | N/A |
Canada | A nationally representative sample – RDD sample proportional to number of households in each province | Telephone | Sept–Nov 02 – Mar–May 03 | 51% | 2669 | 45.3 | 62.3 |
China (Shanghai) | A representative sample of Shanghai – Multistage sampling of 3 communities, 5 neighborhoods within communities, and adults within households | Interviewer | Nov–Dec 2002 | 84% | 1593 | 51.5 | 32.5 |
Colombia | A representative sample of Bogota DC – Multistage unequal probability selection proportional to size | Interviewer | Mar–May 2003 | 84% | 3000 | 40.4 | 19.1 |
Czech Republic | 9 academic worksites in 10 regions; a nationally representative sample – Simple random sample proportional to size. Students distributed questionnaires to permanent/temporary residences, partly randomly selected | Self | Nov 2002 May 2003 | 58% | 7513 | 48.2 | 42.2 |
Hong Kong SAR, China | A nationally representative sample – Stratified by district | Interviewer | Oct–Dec 02 – Jan–Feb 03 | 48% | 4886 | 48.9 | 14.1 |
India | Convenience sample of employees and their families from 2 worksite populations in Ghaziabad and Nagpur | Interviewer | Jan–Dec 2003 | 88% | 1005 | 48.7 | 38.2 |
Japan | 22 universities and 6 worksites from different regions of Japan, representing nearly all areas | Self | July 2003 | 90% | 4959 | 38.4 | 29.2 |
Lithuania | A systematic random sample from 10 rural districts and the 5 largest Lithuanian cities – Respondents sampled at fixed intervals after random selection of a starting point | Interviewer | Apr–May 2003 | 77% | 2227 | 41.4 | 58.0 |
New Zealand | A nationally representative sample – Simple random sample proportional to size | Telephone | Mar–Apr 2003 | 42% | 1495 | 40.8 | 36.9 |
Norway | A nationally representative sample – Simple random sampling | Self | Oct 2003 | 41.3% | 1645 | 47.3 | 45.8 |
Portugal | A nationally representative sample – Simple random sample proportional to size | Self | Apr–May 2002 | >80% | 1525 | 47.3 | 3.1 |
Saudi Arabia | A representative sample of Riyadh City – Simple random sample of telephone-equipped households | Telephone | Mar–May 2003 | 66% | 988 | 65.4 | 38.3 |
Spain | A representative sample of Catalonia – Simple random sample proportional to size | Self | Oct–Nov 2002 | 62.4% | 1580 | 44.9 | 43.5 |
Sweden | A nationally representative sample – Simple random sampling | Self | Oct–Dec 2002 | 59% | 1290 | 45.9 | 30.8 |
Taiwan | A nationally representative sample – RDD sample proportional to number of households, in 7 stratified areas | Telephone | Sept–Nov 2004 | 48.3% | 4846 | 47.6 | 40.8 |
USA | A nationally representative sample – Simple random sample proportional to size | Telephone | Sept–Nov 2002 | 30.9% | 4671 | 42.8 | 61.4 |