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Table 1 Descriptive information of study population, stratified by country

From: The influence of the macro-environment on physical activity: a multilevel analysis of 38 countries worldwide

Country

N

Mean age

% Male

% High occupation a

% High education b

  

In years

   

Bangladesh

5,168

36.8

46.1

15.8

8.6

Brazil

4,626

39.0

43.6

22.8

29.5

Burkina Faso

4,430

34.3

46.8

11.1

2.9

China

3,637

42.3

49.3

23.3

29.0

Comoros

1,413

38.5

45.3

10.1

5.7

Cote d’Ivoire

2,584

34.0

57.2

16.4

13.0

Croatia

783

46.9

41.9

29.6

17.0

Czech Republic

776

42.5

44.9

37.0

49.7

Dominican Republic

4,121

38.5

46.2

21.8

5.1

Estonia

847

45.1

36.3

39.1

79.5

Georgia

2,128

42.8

44.4

22.2

94.5

Ghana

3,232

37.9

46.0

19.9

4.4

Guatemala

3,693

37.5

38.3

14.6

12.1

Hungary

1,115

44.4

42.1

30.2

68.9

India

8,317

37.0

48.4

12.6

21.9

Kazakhstan

4,305

40.3

34.4

58.0

96.8

Lao PDR

4,618

36.7

46.7

9.7

9.9

Malawi

4,810

33.4

42.3

12.0

1.2

Malaysia

5,638

39.4

44.4

27.2

44.3

Mauritania

2,733

36.6

37.1

9.9

9.8

Mauritius

3,605

39.7

48.7

22.7

13.6

Mexico

35,045

38.0

42.7

18.7

24.6

Myanmar

5,540

38.9

43.5

7.9

9.8

Namibia

3,507

35.3

40.2

17.9

4.7

Nepal

7,631

36.8

42.0

5.9

5.2

Pakistan

5,818

35.3

55.4

16.3

15.0

Paraguay

4,776

37.3

45.7

23.1

12.1

Philippines

9,591

37.5

46.3

15.4

16.6

Russian Federation

3,410

44.7

38.1

47.7

71.4

South Africa

2,172

36.4

47.4

22.3

35.0

Spain

4,846

45.4

41.9

26.7

37.7

Sri Lanka

4,956

38.9

47.2

15.6

23.0

Tunisia

4,411

38.0

45.9

15.5

30.4

Ukraine

1,899

42.5

37.4

41.3

93.5

United Arab Emirates

1,111

36.4

52.4

41.3

66.1

Uruguay

2,626

41.9

49.9

45.5

32.9

Zambia

3,598

34.4

45.1

9.8

5.5

Zimbabwe

3,519

35.1

36.7

8.8

5.1

TOTAL

177,035

38.1

44.4

19.4

23.7

  1. a White collar worker (e.g. legislator, clerk or service worker).
  2. b University/Post graduate/High school completed.