Table 1. Total population, high sitters and high sitters-least active by socio-demographic characteristics for all four surveys.
| Survey year | 2002 | 2005 | 2013 | 2017 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % total population | % sitting >7.5 h/d | % high sit/low active* | % total population | % sitting >7.5 h/d | % high sit/low active* | % total population | % sitting >7.5 h/d | % high sit/low active* | % total population | % sitting >7.5 h/d | % high sit/low active* | |
| Total population | 22.5 | 10.1 | 21.1 | 7.6 | 17.5 | 7.2 | 19.2 | 8.7 | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Men | 48.2 | 25.2 | 10.8 | 48.7 | 22.7 | 7.6 | 48.3 | 18.8 | 7.0 | 48.1 | 20.8 | 8.6 |
| Women | 51.8 | 19.9 | 9.4 | 51.3 | 19.5 | 7.6 | 51.7 | 16.3 | 7.3 | 51.9 | 17.6 | 8.8 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 years | 12.8 | 27.4 | 8.0 | 13.4 | 28.1 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 18.3 | 4.4 | 10.7 | 22.2 | 6.4 |
| 25–34 years | 20.0 | 23.5 | 9.5 | 18.5 | 22.1 | 7.2 | 16.0 | 18.7 | 6.2 | 15.1 | 19.7 | 5.9 |
| 35–44 years | 18.0 | 21.4 | 8.7 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 6.2 | 18.0 | 17.1 | 5.9 | 16.8 | 18.3 | 7.7 |
| 45–54 years | 15.8 | 22.1 | 10.8 | 16.5 | 21.0 | 7.8 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 7.1 | 17.6 | 18.3 | 7.4 |
| 55–64 years | 13.7 | 18.1 | 8.4 | 13.2 | 15.8 | 6.6 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 7.3 | 15.1 | 18.1 | 9.0 |
| 65 years and older | 19.7 | 22.6 | 13.9 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 9.9 | 21.2 | 16.9 | 10.5 | 24.7 | 19.4 | 12.7 |
| Marital Status | ||||||||||||
| Single | 23.1 | 28.4 | 9.9 | 19.9 | 26.9 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 19.4 | 6.1 | 20.1 | 23.4 | 8.3 |
| Married/De-facto | 60.1 | 19.4 | 8.8 | 64.7 | 18.9 | 6.8 | 65.9 | 16.5 | 6.7 | 64.4 | 17.3 | 7.7 |
| Separated/Divorced | 8.2 | 25.0 | 13.6 | 6.3 | 22.6 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 17.9 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 17.4 | 9.2 |
| Widowed | 8.6 | 25.5 | 16.0 | 9.1 | 22.2 | 11.9 | 7.8 | 19.8 | 13.5 | 8.6 | 25.0 | 16.9 |
| Age when finished education | ||||||||||||
| 15 years and less | 28.7 | 17.6 | 10.3 | 27.7 | 14.6 | 6.8 | 19.8 | 13.7 | 8.0 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 11.6 |
| 16 to 19 years | 42.6 | 18.6 | 8.8 | 40.0 | 17.7 | 6.5 | 44.6 | 13.8 | 6.1 | 43.9 | 15.8 | 8.1 |
| 20 years and over | 21.4 | 31.3 | 12.6 | 25.2 | 28.2 | 9.2 | 29.4 | 23.2 | 7.9 | 32.1 | 22.4 | 7.8 |
| Still Studying | 7.3 | 38.0 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 40.4 | 10.9 | 6.2 | 27.2 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 28.3 | 6.4 |
| Occupation | ||||||||||||
| Self-employed | 8.5 | 18.9 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 17.8 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 15.5 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 15.7 | 6.6 |
| Manager | 9.8 | 36.6 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 32.8 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 28.9 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 28.9 | 8.9 |
| Other white collar | 11.4 | 40.2 | 17.0 | 11.4 | 38.9 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 36.5 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 32.1 | 12.4 |
| Manual worker | 22.5 | 10.9 | 4.7 | 20.3 | 9.1 | 2.4 | 21.7 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 21.8 | 7.7 | 3.6 |
| House person | 11.9 | 11.5 | 6.1 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 7.3 |
| Unemployed | 5.5 | 19.1 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 16.0 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 14.7 | 6.9 |
| Retired | 23.5 | 22.5 | 13.8 | 23.3 | 19.5 | 9.4 | 26.2 | 17.2 | 10.5 | 28.0 | 19.9 | 12.7 |
| Student | 6.9 | 37.3 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 40.4 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 27.2 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 28.3 | 6.4 |
| Type of Community | ||||||||||||
| Rural/Village | 32.9 | 17.9 | 9.4 | 34.4 | 17.4 | 7.2 | 32.4 | 14.5 | 6.7 | 29.3 | 17.3 | 8.4 |
| Small/Mid-sized town | 28.0 | 21.7 | 9.9 | 39.5 | 21.0 | 7.5 | 41.4 | 17.0 | 6.6 | 44.8 | 18.7 | 8.5 |
| Large Town | 39.1 | 26.9 | 10.8 | 26.1 | 26.3 | 8.5 | 26.3 | 21.9 | 8.7 | 25.9 | 22.2 | 9.3 |
| PA Quartile | ||||||||||||
| First Quartile—Low PA | 31.9 | 31.6 | na | 27.2 | 28.0 | na | 33.0 | 21.8 | na | 34.5 | 25.2 | na |
| Second Quartile | 20.8 | 23.1 | na | 21.3 | 23.6 | na | 22.5 | 18.3 | na | 23.9 | 18.9 | na |
| Third Quartile | 25.7 | 19.2 | na | 25.2 | 20.8 | na | 24.7 | 16.1 | na | 24.2 | 17.6 | na |
| Fourth Quartile—High PA | 21.6 | 12.3 | na | 26.3 | 12.1 | na | 19.8 | 11.1 | na | 17.3 | 9.9 | na |
Notes: Data is weighted according to demographic distribution/representation in Europe in the given survey year.
Abbreviations: h/d: hours per day; na: not applicable; PA: physical activity
*High sit/low active = sitting >7.5 hours per day and being in the least active PA quartile.