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Table 1 Characteristics of the target population, respondents to the questionnaire, and participants with accelerometry in the study

From: Working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak in Sweden: effects on 24-h time-use in office workers

 

Participants with accelerometry (n = 27)

Respondents, questionnaire (n = 166)

Target population (n = 283)

 

N (%)

Mean (SD)

N (%)

Mean (SD)

N (%)

Mean (SD)

Sex (female)a

22 (81.5)

 

106 (63.9)

 

182 (64.3)

 

Age (years)a

 

43.4 (9.9)

 

44.5 (11.3)

 

44.5 (11.4)

Country of birthb

 Sweden

27 (0.0)

 

150 (90.4)

   

 Other

0 (0.0)

 

14 (8.4)

   

Educationb

 Secondary education

2 (7.4)

 

18 (10.8)

   

 Higher education

25 (92.6)

 

147 (88.5)

   

Manager positiona

2 (7.4)

 

17 (10.2)

 

24 (8.5)

 

Work arrangement

 Flextime

25 (92.6)

 

150 (90.4)

 

259 (91.5)

 

 Non-regulated time

2 (7.4)

 

16 (9.6)

 

24 (8.5)

 

Smokersb

0 (0.0)

 

6 (3.6)

   

Work ability (0–10)b

 

8.4 (1.7)

 

8.2 (1.5)

  

Quantitative demands (0–100)b

 

53.4 (19.6)

 

49.6 (21.0)

  

Physical exertion (0–10)b

 

1.2 (1.93)

 

1.2 (1.7)

  

Mental exertion (0–10)b

 

6.8 (1.5)

 

6.7 (1.7)

  

Well-being (0–100)b

 

52.9 (15.2)

 

55.1 (18.7)

  

General healthb

 excellent

0 (0.0)

 

7 (4.2)

   

 very good

10 (37.0)

 

51 (30.7)

   

 good

12 (44.4)

 

72 (43.4)

   

 fair

4 (14.8)

 

33 (19.9)

   

 poor

1 (3.7)

 

2 (1.2)

   

Body mass indexc

 

25.3 (4.8)

    
  1. N number of workers, SD standard deviation
  2. aAssessed through company data
  3. bSelf-reported information from online questionnaire
  4. cObjectively measured