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Table 2 WORKDAYS Distribution of sedentary behaviours (hours per day) by sitting and entertainment types on workdays by socio-demographic characteristics and occupation type

From: Descriptive study of sedentary behaviours in 35,444 French working adults: cross-sectional findings from the ACTI-Cités study

 

WORK SITTING (h/day)

TRANSPORT SITTING (h/day)

LEISURE SITTING (h/day)

TV/DVD TIME (h/day)

OTHER SCREEN TIME (h/day)

NON-SCREEN TIME (h/day)

TOTAL

4.17 (3.07)

1.10 (1.69)

2.19 (1.62)

1.53 (1.24)

2.19 (2.62)

0.97 (1.49)

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

      

Sex

Men

4.20 (3.11)

1.21 (1.82)

2.29 (1.65)

1.50 (1.24)

2.50 (2.67)

0.99 (1.56)

Women

4.17 (3.06)

1.08 (1.66)

2.17 (1.60)

1.54 (1.24)

2.11 (2.60)

0.96 (1.47)

  

p:.3451

p < .0001

p < .0001

p:.0347

p < .0001

p:.2701

Age

18-39

4.83 (3.00)

1.11 (1.67)

2.22 (1.55)

1.50 (1.21)

2.47 (2.91)

0.94 (1.56)

40-59

4.21 (3.02)

1.12 (1.72)

2.10 (1.57)

1.51 (1.21)

2.05 (2.52)

0.93 (1.42)

60+

2.17 (2.58)

1.01 (1.68)

2.42 (1.91)

1.69 (1.40)

1.90 (1.96)

1.21 (1.50)

  

p < .0001

p:.0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

Education level*

University

4.54 (3.01)

1.11 (1.66)

2.18 (1.56)

1.43 (1.17)

2.27 (2.71)

0.98 (1.50)

Secondary

3.32 (3.03)

1.07 (1.75)

2.22 (1.73)

1.77 (1.34)

2.00 (2.37)

0.95 (1.46)

Primary

2.24 (2.82)

1.29 (2.25)

2.13 (1.75)

2.07 (1.76)

1.93 (2.22)

0.95 (1.34)

  

p < .0001

p:.0065

p:.1257

p < .0001

p < .0001

p:.0122

OCCUPATION TYPE**

Mainly sitting

6.21 (2.67)

1.22 (2.02)

2.33 (1.76)

1.52 (1.22)

2.68 (3.13)

1.06 (1.77)

 

Combination sitting/standing

3.82 (2.36)

1.10 (1.52)

2.18 (1.53)

1.53 (1.24)

2.16 (2.40)

0.99 (1.38)

 

Mainly standing

1.19 (1.43)

0.90 (1.22)

1.97 (1.42)

1.51 (1.24)

1.43 (1.53)

0.81 (1.04)

 

Some physical effort

1.45 (1.84)

0.95 (1.26)

2.03 (1.45)

1.57 (1.25)

1.46 (1.61)

0.78 (1.00)

 

Heavy manual work

0.71 (1.31)

0.83 (1.11)

1.82 (1.49)

1.67 (1.49)

1.21 (1.34)

0.68 (0.84)

  

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

p:.0173

p < .0001

p < .0001

  1. Data are means (SD).
  2. * Adjusted for sex and age ** Adjusted for sex, age, education level. All p-values are rounded to four decimals.