Table A8.
Preferred Postures for Work Task Execution.
| Preference for Work Task Execution | Non-Users | Monthly/Weekly Users | Daily Users | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handling email * | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N |
| -sitting down | 82.1 | 289 | 46.9 | 192 | 26.7 | 89 | 52.1 | 570 |
| -standing up | 1.7 | 6 | 3.2 | 13 | 12.9 | 43 | 5.7 | 62 |
| -sitting or standing equally | 13.4 | 47 | 48.4 | 198 | 60.1 | 200 | 40.7 | 445 |
| -walking | 0.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 |
| -not applicable | 2.8 | 10 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.3 | 14 |
| Typing documents | ||||||||
| -sitting down | 93.4 | 326 | 78.3 | 322 | 53.0 | 177 | 75.4 | 825 |
| -standing up | 0.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 5 | 9.3 | 31 | 3.5 | 38 |
| -sitting or standing equally | 3.4 | 12 | 20.0 | 82 | 37.4 | 125 | 20.0 | 219 |
| -walking | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 |
| -not applicable | 2.6 | 9 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.0 | 11 |
| Reading documents | ||||||||
| -sitting down | 74.8 | 261 | 37.8 | 154 | 22.8 | 76 | 45.1 | 491 |
| -standing up | 2.6 | 9 | 12.0 | 49 | 21.6 | 72 | 11.9 | 130 |
| -sitting or standing equally | 19.5 | 68 | 48.9 | 199 | 54.1 | 180 | 41.0 | 447 |
| -walking | 0.6 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.5 | 5 | 1.0 | 11 |
| -not applicable | 2.6 | 9 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.9 | 10 |
| Searching the internet/intranet | ||||||||
| -sitting down | 76.4 | 269 | 31.3 | 127 | 19.6 | 65 | 42.3 | 461 |
| -standing up | 2.3 | 8 | 10.3 | 42 | 18.7 | 62 | 10.3 | 112 |
| -sitting or standing equally | 18.5 | 65 | 57.4 | 233 | 60.1 | 199 | 45.6 | 497 |
| -walking | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 3 |
| -not applicable | 2.8 | 10 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.9 | 3 | 1.5 | 16 |
| Being on the phone | ||||||||
| -sitting down | 57.2 | 199 | 38.4 | 156 | 24.1 | 80 | 40.1 | 435 |
| -standing up | 8.6 | 30 | 11.3 | 46 | 22.0 | 73 | 13.7 | 149 |
| -sitting or standing equally | 26.4 | 92 | 41.6 | 169 | 47.6 | 158 | 38.6 | 419 |
| -walking | 4.6 | 16 | 7.6 | 31 | 5.1 | 17 | 5.9 | 64 |
| -not applicable | 3.2 | 11 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.2 | 4 | 1.7 | 19 |
| One-on-one meetings | ||||||||
| -sitting down | 60.5 | 211 | 49.5 | 202 | 43.3 | 143 | 51.1 | 556 |
| -standing up | 10.9 | 38 | 12.7 | 52 | 17.6 | 58 | 13.6 | 148 |
| -sitting or standing equally | 23.5 | 82 | 32.8 | 134 | 32.1 | 106 | 29.6 | 322 |
| -walking | 1.1 | 4 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.8 | 6 | 1.4 | 15 |
| -not applicable | 4.0 | 14 | 3.7 | 15 | 5.2 | 17 | 4.2 | 46 |
| Having group meetings | ||||||||
| -sitting down | 79.8 | 281 | 77.8 | 318 | 73.3 | 242 | 77.1 | 841 |
| -standing up | 3.1 | 11 | 2.7 | 11 | 7.0 | 23 | 4.1 | 45 |
| -sitting or standing equally | 12.2 | 43 | 14.4 | 59 | 12.7 | 42 | 13.2 | 144 |
| -walking | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.4 | 4 |
| -not applicable | 4.5 | 16 | 5.1 | 21 | 6.1 | 20 | 5.2 | 57 |
| Having lunch | ||||||||
| -sitting down | 93.1 | 325 | 92.2 | 378 | 91.6 | 305 | 92.3 | 1008 |
| -standing up | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.4 | 4 |
| -sitting or standing equally | 2.3 | 8 | 4.1 | 17 | 3.3 | 11 | 3.3 | 36 |
| -walking | 0.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 3 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.9 | 10 |
| -not applicable | 3.7 | 13 | 2.9 | 12 | 2.7 | 9 | 3.1 | 34 |