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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of the studied group

From: Level and factors associated with physical activity among university teacher: an exploratory analysis

Variables

Categorial

Medical University

Technical University

All

p value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

Female

89

32.2

54

19.6

143

51.8

0.010*

Male

36

13.0

97

35.2

133

48.2

Scientific title

Professor

8

2.9

14

5.1

22

8.0

0.097

Associate professor (dr hab.)

22

8.0

43

15.6

65

23.6

Ph.D

72

26.1

68

24.6

140

50.7

M.Sc

23

8.3

26

9.5

49

17.8

Post

Research fellow

4

1.4

12

4.4

16

5.8

0.093

Academic

121

43.8

139

50.4

260

94.2

Smoking

10–20 per day

3

1.1

5

1.8

8

2.9

0.596

< 10 per day

6

2.2

3

1.1

9

3.3

Ex-smoker

11

4.0

14

5.1

25

9.1

Non-smokers

105

38.0

129

46.8

234

84.8

Alcohol consumption

Once a day

2

0.7

4

1.5

6

2.2

0.099

Few times in a week

16

5.8

22

8.0

38

13.8

Few times in a month

86

31.1

83

30.1

169

61.2

Never

21

7.6

42

15.2

63

22.8

General assessment of health

Poor

1

0.4

4

1.4

5

1.8

0.140

Rather good

17

6.2

29

10.5

46

16.7

Good

48

17.4

67

24.3

115

41.7

Very good

53

19.2

48

17.4

101

36.6

Excellent

6

2.2

3

1.1

9

3.3

Marital status

Single

23

8.3

34

12.4

57

20.7

0.256

Married

98

35.5

105

38.1

203

73.6

Divorced

3

1.1

10

3.6

13

4.7

Widowed

1

0.4

2

0.7

3

1.1

Number of children

0

42

15.2

57

20.7

99

35.9

0.199

1

20

7.3

28

10.1

48

17.4

2

54

19.6

47

17.0

101

36.6

3

8

3,0

14

5.0

22

8.0

4

1

0.4

5

1.8

6

2.2

General assessment of physical activity

Low

100

36.2

122

44.2

222

80.4

0.038

Moderate

15

5.4

26

9.4

41

14.8

High

10

3.6

3

1.1

13

4.7

  1. *The level of significance Chi2 p = 0.05