Table 4 Associations of socio-demographic and health-related factors with occupational sitting/TV viewing time categories – men

Age

1.04 (1.01, 1.07)**

0.004

1.02 (0.99, 1.05)

0.262

1.01 (0.98, 1.04)

0.472

  High school or less

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Technical/vocational

1.06 (0.64, 1.77)

0.812

0.68 (0.36, 1.26)

0.218

0.55 (0.30, 0.99)*

0.045

  Bachelor’s degree or higher

0.58 (0.30, 1.12)

0.103

1.06 (0.54, 2.09)

0.869

0.72 (0.37, 1.41)

0.341

Child at home

1.41 (0.92, 2.16)

0.110

2.20 (1.36, 3.55)**

0.001

1.17 (0.73, 1.89)

0.519

  Professional/managerial

1.00

1.00

1.00

  White collar/ administrative

2.69 (1.29, 5.60)**

0.008

1.74 (0.75, 4.06)

0.198

2.31 (1.05, 5.07)*

0.037

  Blue collar

1.76 (1.08, 2.86)*

0.022

0.36 (0.18, 0.69)**

0.002

0.42 (0.23, 0.80)**

0.008

  Less than $60,000

1.00

1.00

1.00

  $60,000-$125,000

1.12 (0.63, 1.98)

0.694

3.30 (1.17, 9.32)*

0.024

1.21 (0.57, 2.57)

0.618

  $125,000+

1.57 (0.83, 2.98)

0.162

3.76 (1.30, 10.88)*

0.015

1.90 (0.86, 4.19)

0.114

  Don’t know/Preferred not to say

2.57 (0.76, 8.66)

0.127

2.29 (0.39, 13.58)

0.363

1.09 (0.22, 5.46)

0.916

Average weekday hours worked

0.82 (0.72, 0.94)**

0.005

1.27 (1.12, 1.45)***

p < 0.001

1.00 (0.87, 1.15)

0.991

BMI

1.05 (1.01, 1.10)*

0.024

1.03 (0.98, 1.09)

0.252

1.05 (1.00, 1.11)*^c

0.045

Leisure-time physical activity (mins/week)^a

0.98 (0.97, 1.00)*^c

0.022

0.98 (0.96, 1.00)* ^c

0.014

0.97 (0.96, 0.99)**

0.003

Energy consumption (kJ/day)^b

1.01 (1.00, 1.01)

0.106

0.99 (0.99, 1.00)

0.220

1.01 (1.00, 1.01)

0.209