Table 3.
Prevalence and trends in ‘sufficient’ leisure-time physical activity by occupational groups among U.S. workers
| Occupations | Sample size |
Est. U.S. workers |
Est. No. of Suff. active |
Prevalence of ‘sufficient’ leisure-time physical activity* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
| Farming, fishing, and forestry | 1437 | 0.93M | 0.30M | 30.8 (27.2–34.5) | 30.2 (21.9–40.1) | 28.9 (20.7–38.7) | 25.6 (16.3–37.9) | 27.5 (16.7–41.6) |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance |
8224 | 5.43M | 2.09M | 38.3 (36.8–39.9) | 37.2 (33.1–41.6) | 37.6 (33.8–41.5) | 30.2 (25.6–35.3) | 32.3 (27.8–37.2) |
| Food preparation and serving related | 9796 | 7.00M | 3.16M | 39.2 (37.8–40.6) | 35.9 (31.7–40.4) | 29.9 (26.3–33.8) | 34.5 (30.5–38.9) | 32.3 (27.8–37.1) |
| Production | 11,740 | 8.52M | 3.36M | 39.4 (38.0–40.7) | 35.4 (32.5–38.4) | 35.3 (31.8–39.1) | 36.7 (33.4–40.2) | 34.2 (29.6–39.1) |
| Health care support | 4925 | 3.09M | 1.28M | 40.1 (38.3–41.9) | 37.3 (32.4–42.5) | 32.2 (27.5–37.4) | 31.3 (25.8–37.5) | 38.7 (32.4–45.4) |
| Construction and extraction | 9897 | 7.63M | 3.20M | 41.2 (39.2–42.6) | 36.9 (33.4–40.5) | 36.8 (33.7–40.1) | 35.6 (32.1–39.3) | 34.6 (30.4–39.1) |
| Transportation and material moving | 10,552 | 7.85M | 3.29M | 41.8 (40.6–43.0) | 35.8 (32.4–39.5) | 37.0 (33.8–40.2) | 36.1 (31.9–40.5) | 39.4 (35.4–43.5) |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair | 6054 | 4.91M | 2.27M | 46.1 (44.5–47.8) | 43.9 (39.4–48.5) | 39.1 (34.8–43.7) | 41.7 (37.0–46.6) | 40.4 (35.0–46.1) |
| Office and administrative support | 24,698 | 17.60M | 8.33M | 47.0 (46.1–48.0) | 43.7 (41.3–46.2) | 41.9 (39.7–44.1) | 43.6 (40.3–47.0) | 40.8 (37.8–43.8) |
| Personal care and service | 6,546 | 4.37M | 2.17M | 48.7 (47.2–50.3) | 44.9 (40.4–49.5) | 43.5 (38.7–48.4) | 44.9 (39.1–50.9) | 48.7 (43.4–54.0) |
| Sales and related | 18,255 | 13.97M | 7.11M | 50.4 (49.4–51.4) | 45.5 (42.7–48.4) | 45.2 (42.5–47.9) | 44.8 (41.8–47.8) | 47.2 (43.9–50.6) |
| Community and social services | 3442 | 2.34M | 1.30M | 55.6 (43.4–57.7) | 54.6 (47.9–60.7) | 51.1 (44.3–57.8) | 54.6 (46.2–62.7) | 56.3 (48.4–63.8) |
| Health care practitioners and technicians |
9943 | 7.24M | 4.08M | 56.6 (55.4–57.9) | 51.5 (47.5–55.4) | 53.3 (49.2–57.4) | 54.4 (49.8–59.0) | 54.5 (49.8–59.1) |
| Management | 16,236 | 12.64M | 7.33M | 58.3 (57.1–59.4) | 53.8 (50.7–56.9) | 54.8 (51.6–57.8) | 52.1 (48.7–55.6) | 53.1 (49.0–57.3) |
| Education, training, and library | 11,775 | 8.65M | 5.23M | 60.6 (59.4–61.7) | 55.2 (52.1–58.2) | 57.4 (53.8–60.8) | 59.3 (55.2–63.2) | 58.3 (54.2–62.3) |
| Computer and Mathematics | 5081 | 3.82M | 2.32M | 60.7 (58.9–62.5) | 59.4 (53.6–64.9) | 56.9 (51.3–62.3) | 55.1 (48.8–61.2) | 55.4 (49.1–61.5) |
| Business and financial operations | 8419 | 6.06M | 3.66M | 60.8 (59.5–62.1) | 52.9 (48.9–56.9) | 54.7 (50.7–58.6) | 57.0 (51.9–62.0) | 56.2 (51.0–61.2) |
| Protective service | 3777 | 2.77M | 1.73M | 61.5 (59.5–63.5) | 52.2 (46.4–58.0) | 56.9 (50.7–62.9) | 61.6 (54.2–68.5) | 56.0 (48.6–63.1) |
| Architecture and Engineering | 3432 | 2.74M | 1.69M | 62.2 (60.2–64.2) | 60.4 (54.1–66.3) | 61.1 (54.3–67.6) | 64.5 (57.0–71.4) | 55.6 (47.2–63.6) |
| Legal | 2094 | 1.58M | 1.00M | 64.4 (61.6–67.0) | 66.0 (58.9–72.4) | 64.7 (56.4–72.2) | 60.5 (50.8–69.3) | 61.2 (51.1–70.4) |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media |
3650 | 2.64M | 1.72M | 64.5 (62.4–66.5) | 63.0 (57.0–68.6) | 63.1 (57.0–68.9) | 56.2 (49.3–62.9) | 59.4 (52.2–66.2) |
| Life, physical, and social science | 1994 | 1.42M | 0.94M | 66.4 (63.6–69.1) | 58.9 (51.6–65.8) | 62.1 (54.0–69.5) | 63.1 (52.2–72.8) | 65.7 (57.6–74.7) |
| Prevalence of ‘sufficient’ leisure-time physical activity* | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Slope (SE)† | P† |
| 31.7 (21.8–43.7) | 29.0 (21.3–38.3) | 35.4 (26.0–46.0) | 30.4 (21.5–41.1) | 35.7 (26.4–46.2) | 37.5 (27.2–49.0) | 29.7 (23.0–37.5) | 0.441 (0.283) | .154 |
| 31.4 (26.2–37.1) | 40.5 (35.7–45.4) | 38.1 (33.8–42.5) | 38.5 (34.3–42.8) | 42.5 (38.3–46.9) | 45.8 (41.3–50.4) | 47.7 (43.0–52.5) | 1.150 (0.353) | .010 |
| 36.2 (31.6–41.1) | 39.7 (35.2–44.4) | 40.2 (35.5–44.9) | 40.3 (36.1–44.6) | 48.1 (43.6–52.5) | 45.6 (41.1–50.1) | 46.0 (41.7–50.4) | 1.591 (0.259) | <.001 |
| 35.0 (31.2–39.0) | 41.6 (37.1–46.2) | 38.4 (34.7–42.2) | 42.1 (38.5–45.7) | 44.6 (41.0–48.2) | 48.2 (44.0–52.4) | 43.3 (39.6–47.0) | 1.123 (0.210) | .001 |
| 36.7 (30.9–43.0) | 43.2 (37.3–49.2) | 42.2 (36.0–48.6) | 43.1 (38.2–48.1) | 46.4 (40.9–51.9) | 43.5 (38.3–48.8) | 44.2 (38.4–50.2) | 1.249 (0.266) | .001 |
| 39.9 (35.6–44.3) | 41.3 (37.0–45.8) | 48.4 (44.0–52.7) | 45.5 (41.6–49.4) | 44.3 (40.1–48.6) | 49.6 (45.5–53.6) | 44.0 (39.7–48.4) | 1.295 (0.266) | <.001 |
| 39.3 (34.9–43.8) | 46.2 (42.1–50.3) | 42.7 (38.4–47.1) | 45.5 (41.7–49.4) | 45.7 (41.9–49.6) | 45.9 (42.2–49.7) | 46.4 (42.3–50.5) | 1.203 (0.157) | <.001 |
| 41.1 (35.7–46.6) | 49.9 (43.7–56.1) | 50.2 (45.0–55.5) | 50.2 (45.5–54.9) | 49.8 (45.1–54.4) | 49.6 (44.9–54.4) | 51.1 (45.0–57.2) | 1.169 (0.257) | .001 |
| 42.5 (39.8–45.3) | 49.9 (47.0–52.7) | 48.9 (46.2–51.7) | 49.7 (47.3–52.1) | 53.4 (50.9–55.8) | 52.7 (50.1–55.2) | 51.1 (48.2–53.9) | 1.208 (0.220) | <.001 |
| 46.7 (41.2–52.2) | 48.0 (42.7–53.3) | 48.6 (43.9–53.4) | 51.5 (47.1–56.0) | 51.5 (47.0–55.9) | 53.6 (48.4–58.7) | 51.9 (46.8–57.0) | 0.929 (0.116) | <.001 |
| 49.6 (46.1–53.2) | 51.1 (48.0–54.1) | 52.5 (49.7–55.3) | 54.1 (51.2–57.0) | 54.7 (51.7–57.6) | 56.7 (53.3–60.0) | 53.3 (50.0–56.6) | 1.214 (0.142) | <.001 |
| 55.8 (48.6–62.8) | 57.0 (48.1–65.5) | 57.8 (51.2–64.3) | 59.0 (53.4–64.5) | 56.3 (50.3–62.1) | 55.2 (47.7–62.4) | 54.1 (47.1–60.9) | 0.293 (0.203) | .184 |
| 54.0 (49.8–58.0) | 57.2 (53.1–61.2) | 53.8 (49.5–58.0) | 60.7 (56.8–64.5) | 60.0 (55.7–64.2) | 60.9 (56.9–64.8) | 59.4 (55.7–63.0) | 0.897 (0.161) | <.001 |
| 57.1 (53.0–61.2) | 62.3 (58.8–65.6) | 61.1 (57.9–64.3) | 62.7 (59.5–65.8) | 62.1 (59.1–64.9) | 58.8 (55.0–62.4) | 63.6 (60.5–66.7) | 1.072 (0.219) | .001 |
| 56.8 (52.5–61.0) | 62.7 (58.8–65.6) | 62.0 (58.3–65.6) | 62.1 (58.5–65.5) | 63.5 (60.1–66.7) | 61.2 (57.3–65.0) | 67.4 (63.9–70.7) | 0.956 (0.156) | <.001 |
| 55.8 (49.2–62.2) | 57.7 (51.2–64.0) | 66.0 (60.3–71.2) | 58.2 (52.9–63.3) | 67.3 (61.8–72.4) | 64.2 (59.3–68.9) | 65.7 (60.4–70.7) | 1.010 (0.310) | .010 |
| 60.0 (54.6–65.3) | 63.1 (58.4–67.5) | 61.0 (56.5–65.3) | 65.7 (61.7–69.5) | 62.7 (58.5–66.8) | 65.8 (61.7–69.7) | 66.1 (62.4–69.6) | 1.339 (0.144) | <.001 |
| 58.6 (50.5–66.2) | 63.3 (56.8–69.3) | 61.7 (55.3–67.8) | 68.3 (62.8–73.3) | 64.8 (57.1–71.7) | 67.3 (61.4–72.6) | 65.5 (59.9–70.7) | 1.338 (0.248) | <.001 |
| 61.4 (53.7–68.5) | 58.8 (52.2 65.2) | 66.3 (60.3–71.8) | 65.2 (59.2–70.7) | 64.7 (58.7–70.3) | 61.1 (52.9–68.7) | 66.1 (60.1–71.5) | 0.525 (0.267) | .081 |
| 61.5 (50.4–71.4) | 66.1 (55.5–75.2) | 62.0 (54.0–69.3) | 63.8 (55.0–71.8) | 70.2 (62.7–76.8) | 69.4 (61.4–76.4) | 68.7 (60.4–75.9) | 0.521 (0.269) | .080 |
| 67.8 (59.9–74.8) | 63.0 (56.3–69.1) | 65.4 (59.1–71.3) | 68.6 (62.1–74.4) | 66.7 (60.2–72.6) | 66.4 (60.4–71.8) | 67.8 (61.9–73.2) | 0.712 (0.256) | .022 |
| 63.1 (53.1–72.0) | 63.6 (55.0–71.4) | 71.1 (62.0–78.7) | 66.8 (58.1–74.5) | 70.0 (62.4–76.7) | 68.0 (60.1–75.0) | 71.9 (63.7–79.0) | 1.094 (0.199) | <.001 |
The least/largest slope of prevalence are indicated in bold.
*
Prevalence estimates were age adjusted to the 2010 U.S. workers standard population by Bureau of Labor Statistics, using six age groups: 18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65+ years.
†
A weighted linear regression model was fitted to the annual design-adjusted rates. The weight used for each annual rate was the inverse of its variance. The P value was from linear regression model.