Table 2 Participant characteristics and description of overall time-use from each instrument: study

Sample size (N)

508

512

615

853

1018

1289

1874

1617

 Age (yrs)

63.9 (5.8)

62.3 (6.1)

48.1 (13.1)

51.3 (11.9)

34.0 (21.2)

32.6 (19.0)

49.8 (12.4)

48.6 (12.2)

 Height (cm)

176.3 (6.7)

162.7 (6.1)

177.1 (7.1)

162.8 (7.0)

177.9 (7.3)

164.8 (6.9)

178.5 (7.0)

165.2 (6.5)

 Weight (kg)

88.3 (15.1)

73.4 (14.2)

94.9 (21.4)

81.6 (21.7)

78.3 (15.6)

64.5 (14.6)

86.4 (14.7)

70.3 (14.6)

 BMI (kg/m2)

28.4 (4.2)

27.7 (4.9)

30.3 (6.5)

30.9 (8.2)

24.9 (4.0)

24.3 (5.4)

27.1 (4.4)

25.8 (5.3)

 Obese (%)

29

32

44

45

10

14

21

19

 In-bed/sleep

7.9 (1.0)

8.1 (1.1)

7.9 (1.8)

8.1 (1.8)

8.5 (2.1)

8.6 (2.0)

8.2 (1.8)

8.4 (1.5)

 Out-bed/waking

16.1 (1.0)

15.9 (1.1)

16.1 (1.8)

15.9 (1.8)

15.5 (2.1)

15.4 (2.0)

15.8 (1.8)

15.6 (1.5)

 Personal care

2.3 (0.8)

2.2 (0.8)

1.6 (0.9)

1.8 (0.9)

1.9 (1.1)

2.1 (0.9)

2.3 (1.1)

2.4 (1.0)

 Paid work/school

2.2 (2.6)

2.0 (2.5)

4.3 (4.3)

3.3 (4.1)

3.7 (3.5)

3.7 (3.4)

4.0 (4.1)

2.6 (3.5)

 Household chores/caring

2.9 (1.8)

3.7 (1.9)

3.9 (3.3)

5.1 (3.4)

1.6 (1.9)

2.2 (2.2)

2.1 (2.2)

3.8 (2.5)

 Transportation

1.5 (0.9)

1.3 (0.8)

1.3 (1.2)

1.1 (0.9)

1.8 (1.5)

1.8 (1.4)

1.5 (1.6)

1.4 (1.4)

 Leisure-time

6.9 (2.4)

6.2 (2.2)

4.9 (3.3)

4.5 (2.9)

6.2 (3.3)

5.7 (3.0)

5.7 (2.9)

5.5 (2.5)