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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2023 Sep 12;56(2):209–220. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003301

Table 3.

Mean (± SE) hourly wear time by quadrant of the day for all participants in the 2011–2014 NHANES cycles with seven days of recorded data, regardless of wear time, and by age group across the seven-day assessment period and summarized by time of week (weekdays versus weekends).

Day of Assessment Time of Week
Group Quadrant of the Day Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Mean Weekday Weekend
All Participants Early Morning (00:00 – 05:59) 52.7 ± 0.2 51.5 ±0.3 50.8 ± 0.3 50.5 ± 0.3 50.0 ± 0.2 49.3 ± 0.3 48.5 ± 0.2 50.5 ± 0.2 50.8 ± 0.2 49.7 ± 0.2
Late Morning (06:00 – 11:59) 55.2 ± 0.2 54.7 ± 0.2 53.9 ± 0.2 53.8 ± 0.2 52.9 ± 0.2 52.1 ± 0.2 50.2 ± 0.2 53.3 ± 0.1 53.9 ± 0.1 51.7 ± 0.2
Afternoon (12:00 – 17:59) 55.8 ± 0.1 55.1 ± 0.1 54.6 ± 0.2 54.2 ± 0.1 53.5 ± 0.2 53.0 ± 0.2 50.0 ± 0.3 53.7 ± 0.1 54.2 ± 0.1 52.6 ± 0.2
Evening (18:00 – 23:59) 53.6 ± 0.2 52.7 ± 0.2 52.6 ± 0.2 51.9 ± 0.1 51.4 ± 0.2 50.8 ± 0.2 46.3 ± 0.4 51.3 ± 0.2 51.8 ± 0.1 50.1 ± 0.3
Quadrant of the Day Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Mean Weekday Weekend
Children Early Morning (00:00 – 05:59) 53.1 ± 0.4 52.0 ± 0.5 51.8 ± 0.4 51.2 ± 0.5 50.8 ± 0.4 50.4 ± 0.6 49.2 ± 0.5 51.2 ± 0.4 51.5 ± 0.4 50.7 ± 0.5
Late Morning (06:00 – 11:59) 56.5 ± 0.3 55.7 ± 0.4 55.5 ± 0.3 55.0 ± 0.4 54.4 ± 0.4 53.4 ± 0.6 51.2 ± 0.4 54.5 ± 0.3 55.2 ± 0.3 52.8 ± 0.4
Afternoon (12:00 – 17:59) 56.9 ± 0.3 56.3 ± 0.3 56.0 ± 0.3 55.7 ± 0.4 55.1 ± 0.4 54.1 ± 0.4 51.0 ± 0.6 55.0 ± 0.3 55.6 ± 0.3 53.6 ± 0.4
Evening (18:00 – 23:59) 54.4 ± 0.4 54.0 ± 0.4 53.5 ± 0.4 53.3 ± 0.4 52.8 ± 0.5 51.6 ± 0.5 47.4 ± 0.6 52.4 ± 0.3 53.0 ± 0.3 51.1 ± 0.5
Quadrant of the Day Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Mean Weekday Weekend
Adolescents Early Morning (00:00 – 05:59) 51.2 ± 0.5 48.5 ± 0.6 47.5 ± 0.8 47.5 ± 0.7 46.9 ± 0.6 45.2 ± 0.9 44.5 ± 0.6 47.3 ± 0.5 47.8 ± 0.5 46.0 ± 0.7
Late Morning (06:00 – 11:59) 53.7 ± 0.5 52.8 ± 0.4 50.9 ± 0.5 51.5 ± 0.4 49.8 ± 0.7 48.2 ± 0.7 46.1 ± 0.7 50.4 ± 0.4 51.5 ± 0.4 47.7 ± 0.7
Afternoon (12:00 – 17:59) 54.6 ± 0.3 52.9 ± 0.4 52.0 ± 0.4 51.5 ± 0.4 50.3 ± 0.5 50.2 ± 0.6 46.5 ± 0.8 51.1 ± 0.3 51.8 ± 0.3 49.4 ± 0.6
Evening (18:00 – 23:59) 52.0 ± 0.5 50.1 ± 0.7 50.6 ± 0.4 49.0 ± 0.5 48.0 ± 0.6 47.8 ± 0.6 42.7 ± 1.0 48.6 ± 0.4 49.3 ± 0.4 46.8 ± 0.7
Quadrant of the Day Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Mean Weekday Weekend
Adults Early Morning (00:00 – 05:59) 51.6 ± 0.3 50.7 ± 0.3 49.9 ± 0.3 48.8 ± 0.3 48.4 ± 0.3 48.0 ± 0.3 47.0 ± 0.4 49.2 ± 0.3 49.6 ± 0.3 48.2 ± 0.3
Late Morning (06:00 – 11:59) 54.1 ± 0.2 53.8 ± 0.2 53.1 ± 0.2 52.3 ± 0.3 51.8 ± 0.3 51.3 ± 0.3 49.2 ± 0.3 52.2 ± 0.2 52.8 ± 0.2 50.7 ± 0.3
Afternoon (12:00 – 17:59) 55.1 ± 0.2 54.8 ± 0.2 54.2 ± 0.2 53.5 ± 0.2 53.1 ± 0.3 52.2 ± 0.3 49.4 ± 0.3 53.2 ± 0.2 53.6 ± 0.2 52.0 ± 0.3
Evening (18:00 – 23:59) 53.0 ± 0.3 52.4 ± 0.3 51.5 ± 0.2 51.1 ± 0.3 50.5 ± 0.3 49.9 ± 0.3 45.2 ± 0.4 50.5 ± 0.2 51.0 ± 0.2 49.3 ± 0.3
Quadrant of the Day Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Mean Weekday Weekend
Older Adults Early Morning (00:00 – 05:59) 54.8 ± 0.3 54.7 ± 0.3 54.1 ± 0.5 54.3 ± 0.3 53.9 ± 0.4 53.6 ± 0.4 53.4 ± 0.4 54.1 ± 0.3 54.2 ± 0.3 53.8 ± 0.4
Late Morning (06:00 – 11:59) 56.6 ± 0.2 56.5 ± 0.2 56.3 ± 0.2 56.3 ± 0.2 55.7 ± 0.3 55.4 ± 0.3 54.2 ± 0.3 55.9 ± 0.2 56.0 ± 0.2 55.6 ± 0.2
Afternoon (12:00 – 17:59) 56.6 ± 0.2 56.3 ± 0.2 56.3 ±0.2 56.0 ± 0.2 55.7 ± 0.3 55.5 ± 0.2 53.1 ± 0.4 55.6 ± 0.2 55.8 ± 0.2 55.2 ± 0.2
Evening (18:00 – 23:59) 54.9 ± 0.2 54.4 ± 0.3 54.7 ± 0.2 54.2 ± 0.3 54.3 ± 0.3 53.9 ± 0.3 50.1 ± 0.5 53.8 ± 0.2 54.0 ± 0.2 53.3 ± 0.3