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Table 3 NON-WORKDAYS Distribution of sedentary behaviours (hours per day) by sitting and entertainment types on non-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

 

TRANSPORT SITTING (h/day)

LEISURE SITTING (h/day)

TV/DVD TIME (h/day)

OTHER SCREEN TIME (h/day)

NON-SCREEN TIME (h/day)

TOTAL

0.85 (1.53)

3.19 (2.05)

2.24 (1.76)

1.85 (1.74)

1.30 (1.35)

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

     

Sex

Men

0.91 (1.59)

3.17 (2.11)

2.09 (1.65)

2.16 (1.86)

1.13 (1.31)

Women

0.84 (1.51)

3.20 (2.03)

2.28 (1.79)

1.76 (1.69)

1.35 (1.36)

  

p:.0004

p:.3734

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

Age

18-39

0.83 (1.54)

3.50 (2.22)

2.35 (1.91)

2.15 (2.00)

1.25 (1.42)

40-59

0.82 (1.45)

2.98 (1.89)

2.16 (1.69)

1.61 (1.53)

1.28 (1.28)

60+

1.03 (1.73)

3.05 (1.95)

2.20 (1.55)

1.81 (1.47)

1.51 (1.40)

  

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

Education level*

University

0.78 (1.41)

3.18 (2.01)

2.08 (1.67)

1.80 (1.68)

1.32 (1.34)

Secondary

1.00 (1.74)

3.22 (2.13)

2.63 (1.89)

1.95 (1.86)

1.26 (1.37)

Primary

1.45 (2.30)

3.27 (2.44)

3.04 (2.27)

2.12 (2.06)

1.27 (1.54)

  

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

p < .0001

OCCUPATION TYPE**

Mainly sitting

0.82 (1.60)

3.34 (2.19)

2.22 (1.77)

1.85 (1.82)

1.32 (1.43)

 

Combination sitting/standing

0.84 (1.46)

3.11 (1.94)

2.21 (1.71)

1.84 (1.70)

1.33 (1.30)

 

Mainly standing

0.90 (1.44)

3.03 (1.88)

2.29 (1.75)

1.88 (1.63)

1.28 (1.30)

 

Some physical effort

0.90 (1.48)

3.08 (1.96)

2.34 (1.80)

1.83 (1.66)

1.21 (1.24)

 

Heavy manual work

1.05 (1.71)

2.86 (1.92)

2.50 (2.12)

1.80 (1.70)

1.15 (1.22)

  

p:.1443

p < .0001

p:.5729

p:.0185

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.