Table 2.
Occupational Classifications With the Least and Most Favorable Mean Activity Counts, SED, LPA, and MVPA by Race.a
| Black (n = 446) | White (n = 799) | Number in Common | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | ||||||||||||||
| Most favorable 3 | Classifications$ | Mean Activity Counts (cpm) | Construction and Extraction | 440.1 (39.1) | Food Preparation and Serving | 447.0 (42.5) | 3 | ||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 455.0 (49.0) | Construction and Extraction | 455.5 (29.2) | ||||||||||||
| Food Preparation and Serving | 473.7 (43.2) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 473.9 (45.1) | ||||||||||||
| SED≥30 (hrs/d) | Protective Services | 1.51 (0.23) | Personal Care and Service | 1.34 (0.24) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 1.36 (0.40) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 1.16 (0.40) | ||||||||||||
| Food Preparation and Serving | 1.09 (0.35) | Food Preparation and Serving | 1.09 (0.37) | ||||||||||||
| SED<30 (hrs/d) | Arts/Entertainment/Sports | 6.04 (0.35) | Construction and Extraction | 5.86 (0.21) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Food Preparation and Serving | 5.19 (0.33) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 5.82 (0.32) | ||||||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 4.96 (0.38) | Food Preparation and Serving | 5.50 (0.30) | ||||||||||||
| LPA (hrs/d) | Production | 7.07 (0.26) | Production | 6.50 (0.23) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 7.39 (0.49) | Construction and Extraction | 6.83 (0.29) | ||||||||||||
| Food Preparation and Serving | 7.67 (0.43) | Food Preparation and Serving | 7.63 (0.42) | ||||||||||||
| MVPA<10 (hrs/d) | Production | 0.49 (0.05) | Construction and Extraction | 0.52 (0.05) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction and Extraction | 0.52 (0.07) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 0.56 (0.08) | ||||||||||||
| Transportation/Material Moving | 0.53 (0.04) | Installation/Maintenance/Repair | 0.58 (0.05) | ||||||||||||
| MVPA≥10 (hrs/d) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 0.30 (0.10) | Business/Financial | 0.32 (0.04) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Personal Care and Service | 0.33 (0.07) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 0.36 (0.10) | ||||||||||||
| Construction and Extraction | 0.33 (0.08) | Education/T raining/Library | 0.38 (0.04) | ||||||||||||
| Least favorable 3 | Classifications$ | Mean activity counts (cpm) | Life, Physical, and Social Sciences | 287.1 (57.9) | Architecture/Engineering | 339.2 (26.6) | 1 | ||||||||
| Computer/Mathematical | 316.3 (29.7) | Office and Administrative Support | 353.1(13.9) | ||||||||||||
| Community and Social Services | 321.1 (29.0) | Computer/Mathematical | 353.7 (18.2) | ||||||||||||
| SED≥30 (hrs/d) | Architectu re/Engineering | 2.28 (0.37) | Computer/Mathematical | 2.92 (0.16) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Community and Social Services | 2.15 (0.23) | Architecture/Engineering | 2.54 (0.23) | ||||||||||||
| Management | 2.15 (0.15) | Protective Services | 2.43 (0.34) | ||||||||||||
| SED<30 (h/d) | Business/Financial | 6.72 (0.21) | Architecture/Engineering | 6.84 (0.19) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Architectu re/Engineering | 6.65 (0.35) | Computer/Mathematical | 6.78 (0.13) | ||||||||||||
| Office and Administrative Support | 6.63 (0.10) | Business/Financial | 6.78 (0.12) | ||||||||||||
| LPA (h/d) | Architectu re/Engineering | 4.12 (0.32) | Computer/Mathematical | 3.65 (0.13) | 0 | ||||||||||
| Management | 4.15 (0.13) | Protective Services | 3.83 (0.27) | ||||||||||||
| Life, Physical, and Social Sciences | 4.17 (0.41) | Arts/Entertainment/Sports | 3.85 (0.16) | ||||||||||||
| MVPA<10 (hrs/d) | Life, Physical, and Social Sciences | 0.23 (0.10) | Healthcare Practitioners | 0.33 (0.02) | 0 | ||||||||||
| Personal Care and Service | 0.26 (0.06) | Office and Administrative Support | 0.34 (0.02) | ||||||||||||
| Community and Social Services | 0.27 (0.05) | Business/Financial | 0.35 (0.03) | ||||||||||||
| MVPA>10 (h/d) | Business/Financial | 0.11 (0.05) | Transportation/Material Moving | 0.12 (0.05) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Installation/Maintenance/Repair | 0.11 (0.07) | Installation/Maintenance/Repair | 0.14 (0.07) | ||||||||||||
| Computer/Mathematical | 0.11 (0.06) | Protective Services | 0.15 (0.09) | ||||||||||||
| Omnibus | cpm | SED≥30 | SED<30 | LPA | MVPA<10 | MVPA>10 | Omnibus | cpm | SED≥30 | SED<30 | LPA | MVPA<10 | MVPA≥10 | ||
| P values | .095 | .042 | .008 | <.001 | .336 | .617 | P values | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .003 | .041 | ||
Abbreviations: LPA, light physical activity; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.
a
Legal and Health-care support categories were excluded due to small sample size in those categories. More activity and less sedentary behavior were considered more favorable.