TABLE 3.
Amount of time* spent in sedentary behavior (mean hours/day), by age, gender, and racial/ethnic group, United States, 2003–2004
| Gender and age group (years) |
Non-Hispanic Whites |
Non-Hispanic Blacks |
Mexican Americans |
|---|---|---|---|
| All participants | 7.74 (0.06)† | 7.61 (0.05) | 7.18 (0.05)‡ |
| 6–11 | 6.03 (0.07) | 6.10 (0.10) | 6.03 (0.09) |
| 12–15 | 7.47 (0.13) | 7.62 (0.12) | 7.55 (0.07) |
| 16–19 | 8.03 (0.10) | 8.10 (0.10) | 7.62 (0.08)§ |
| 20–39 | 7.42 (0.12) | 7.81 (0.08) | 6.47 (0.10)‡ |
| 40–59 | 7.79 (0.08) | 7.59 (0.08)¶ | 7.00 (0.07)‡ |
| ≥60 | 8.85(0.08) | 9.04 (0.11) | 8.31 (0.11)‡ |
| p-trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Males | 7.73 (0.08) | 7.54 (0.06) | 6.89 (0.07)‡ |
| 6–11 | 5.90 (0.13) | 6.30 (0.12) | 6.08 (0.13) |
| 12–15 | 7.36 (0.18) | 7.44 (0.19) | 7.35 (0.11) |
| 16–19 | 7.91 (0.19) | 8.00 (0.12) | 7.42 (0.13) |
| 20–39 | 7.36 (0.19) | 7.81 (0.13) | 5.98 (0.12)‡ |
| 40–59 | 7.83 (0.10) | 7.57 (0.17)¶ | 6.82 (0.12)§ |
| ≥60 | 9.14 (0.11) | 9.32 (0.17) | 8.42 (0.20)‡ |
| p-trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| Females | 7.74 (0.04) | 7.67 (0.06) | 7.47 (0.05)‡ |
| 6–11 | 6.18 (0.06) | 5.88 (0.14)¶,# | 6.02 (0.08) |
| 12–15 | 7.60 (0.12) | 7.83 (0.12) | 7.78 (0.09) |
| 16–19 | 8.15 (0.12) | 8.20 (0.10) | 7.89 (0.08) |
| 20–39 | 7.49 (0.09) | 7.80 (0.08) | 6.97 (0.13)‡ |
| 40–59 | 7.74 (0.11) | 7.60 (0.13) | 7.18 (0.10)§ |
| ≥60 | 8.60 (0.10) | 8.83 (0.15) | 8.26 (0.13) |
| p-trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
*
Estimates of amounts of time spent in sedentary behaviors (hours/day) are least-square means adjusted for monitor-wearing time, as well as for age and gender as appropriate.
†
Numbers in parentheses, standard error.
‡
Mexicans were significantly less sedentary than Whites and Blacks (p < 0.05).
§
Mexicans were significantly less sedentary than Whites (p < 0.05).
¶
Blacks were significantly less sedentary than Whites (p < 0.05).
#
Blacks were significantly less sedentary than Mexicans (p < 0.05).