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Vigorous physical activity

Vigorous physical activity

Period: April 2016
Question: During the past 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. running, aerobics, football, swimming, heavy physical work, jogging, etc.



Day Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
None 873 (46.0%) 1 380 (63.6%) 2 254 (55.4%)
One day 304 (16.0%) 253 (11.7%) 558 (13.7%)
Two days 261 (13.7%) 204 (9.4%) 465 (11.4%)
Three or more days 461 (24.3%) 333 (15.4%) 795 (19.5%)
Total 1 900 (100.0%) 2 171 (100.0%) 4 071 (100.0%)

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