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. 2017 Jul 7;51:68. doi: 10.1590/S1518-8787.2017051006217

Table 3. Prevalence and crude and adjusted prevalence ratios for insufficient free-time physical activity according to occupational factors in teachers. Londrina, State of Paraná, Brazil, 2012–2013.

Variable n IPA (%) Crude analysis Model 1a Model 2b



PR 95%CI PR 95%CI PR 95%CI
Time working in the profession (years)c                
< 5 170 71.8 1   1   1  
5–9 221 71.9 1.00 0.88–1.14 1.00 0.88–1.13 0.99 0.87–1.13
10–19 285 71.2 0.99 0.88–1.12 0.95 0.84–1.08 0.93 0.81–1.06
≥ 20 301 72.4 1.01 0.90–1.13 0.93 0.80–1.08 0.91 0.78–1.07
Number of shifts                
1 188 74.5 1   1     1
2 628 71.2 0.96 0.87–1.05 0.96 0.87–1.06 0.96 0.87–1.06
3 162 71.6 0.96 0.85–1.09 0.98 0.86–1.12 0.98 0.86–1.12
Type of employment                
Statutory 306 69.8 1   1   1  
Temporary 672 76.5 1.10 1.01–1.19d 1.12 1.02–1.22d 1.13 1.03–1.25e
Working hours as a teacher (hours/week)                
< 21 163 70.6 1   1   1  
21–40 611 73.7 1.04 0.97–1.27 1.06 0.95–1.19 1.10 0.98–1.23
> 40 204 67.7 0.96 0.84–1.10 1.01 0.88–1.15 1.02 0.89–1.18
Subject taught                
Other 894 73.4 1   1   1  
Physical Education 84 56.0 0.76 0.63–0.93e 0.77 0.63–0.93e 0.78 0.64–0.95d
Perception of balance between personal and professional life          
Good/Excellent 704 69.3 1   1   1  
Bad/Regular 274 78.5 1.13 1.05–1.23e 1.12 1.04–1.21e 1.09 1.01–1.18d
Perception of how long standing affects the work          
Does not affect 148 62.2 1   1   1  
Affects 830 73.6 1.18 1.04–1.35d 1.17 1.03–1.34d 1.16 1.01–1.34d
Perception of the current ability to work in relation to physical requirementsc          
Good/Very good 588 67.0 1     1 1  
Moderate 324 78.1 1.17 1.07–1.26f 1.14 1.05–1.24e 1.09 1.00–1.19d
Low/Very low 65 84.6 1.26 1.12–1.42f 1.22 1.08–1.38e 1.21 1.08–1.35e
Frequency that they consider having enough time to fulfill all the workc          
Frequently 166 69.9 1   1   1  
Sometimes 442 71.9 1.03 0.92–1.16 1.03 0.92–1.16 1.01 0.90–1.13
Never or almost never/Rarely 342 72.8 1.04 0.92–1.17 1.05 0.93–1.18 1.00 0.89–1.13
Frequency that they feel exhausted at the end of the workdayc          
Never/A few times a year 134 67.9 1   1   1  
A few times a month 200 69.0 1.02 0.88–1.18 1.02 0.88–1.18 1.01 0.87–1.17
A few times a week/Daily 613 73.6 1.08 0.96–1.23 1.07 0.94–1.21 1.03 0.90–1.17
Frequency that they feel exhausted when getting up after a night’s sleep to face a workdayc      
Never/A few times a year 386 69.2 1   1   1  
A few times a month 254 72.1 1.04 0.94–1.15 1.04 0.94–1.15 1.01 0.92–1.12
A few times a week/Daily 308 75.0 1.08 0.99–1.19 1.06 0.97–1.17 1.02 0.93–1.12

IPA: insufficient free-time physical activity

a Adjusted by age, gender, and monthly family income.

b Adjusted by age, gender, monthly family income, body mass index, perceived health, and chronic pain.

c Total participants was lower than 978 because of missing information in the database.

d p < 0.05

e p < 0.01

f p < 0.001