ACTGHS self rated physical activity, adults

Commentary

18.1% of respondents to the 2022 ACT General Health Survey rated their physical activity as very active, 25.7% as active, 37.6% as moderately active, 14.9% as not very active and 3.6% as not at all active. In 2022, males (23.4%) were significantly more likely to rate their physical activity as very active than females (13.2%) and significantly less likely to rate their physical activity as moderately active (32.1% vs 42.8%). There was no significant difference between males and females in the other physical activity rating categories or between age groups in any of the physical activity rating categories in 2022.

For the purpose of reporting the ACT General Health Survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.

Note: The indicator shows self-reported data collected through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). Estimates were weighted to adjust for differences in the probability of selection among respondents and were benchmarked to the estimated residential population using the latest available Australian Bureau of Statistics population estimates.

Respondents to the 2022 survey were aged 18 years and over. Persons includes male, female, other and refused sex respondents and may not always add to the sum of male and female.

The following estimates have a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution:

• 2018: males, females, respondents aged 45 to 64 years and 65 years and over who reported that they are not at all active and respondents aged 18 to 24 years who are very active
• 2019: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who reported that they are very active; respondents aged 25 to 44 years who are not at all active
• 2020: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who reported that they are very active and moderately active, respondents aged 65 years and over who are very active and not very active and males, females respondents aged 25 to 44 years and 45 to 64 years who are not at all active
• 2021: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who reported that they are very active and active and males, respondents aged 65 years and over who are very active and respondents aged 25 to 44 years and 65 years and over who are not at all active
  2022: respondents aged 65 years and over who are not at all active.

The following estimates have not been published due to small numbers or a relative standard error greater than 50%:

• 2018: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who are not very active and respondents aged 18 to 24 years and 25 to 44 years who are not at all active
• 2019: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who are not very active and not at all active
• 2020: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who are not very active and respondents aged 18 to 24 years and 65 years and over who are not at all active
• 2021: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who are not at all active
• 2022: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who are not very active and not at all active

Statistically significant differences are difficult to detect for smaller jurisdictions such as the Australian Capital Territory. Sometimes, even large apparent differences may not be statistically significant. This is particularly the case in breakdowns of small populations because the small sample size means that there is not enough power to identify even large differences as statistically significant.

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Proportion of adults aged 18 years and over whose self-rated physical activity was very active, active, moderately active, not very active and not at all active, ACT General Health Survey, 2018-2022

Data

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Codes and sources

Q. How would you rate your physical activity?

Very active
Active
Moderately active
Not very active
Not at all active
Don't know
Refused

Don't know and refused responses were excluded from analysis.

A copy of the ACT General Health Survey questionnaires can be found in Data collections.