Table 3.
Occupational Classifications With the Least and Most Favorable Mean Activity Counts, SED, LPA, and MVPA by Sex.a
| Female (n = 655) | Male (n = 597) | Number in Common | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | |||||||||||||
| Most favorable 3 classifications |
Mean Activity Counts (cpm) | Healthcare Practitioners | 381.0 (13.2) | Personal Care and Service | 483.3 (38.3) | 1 | ||||||||
| Education, Training, and Library | 410.2 (14.9) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 512.7 (46.9) | |||||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 410.7 (45.8) | Food Preparation and Serving | 585.8 (50.1) | |||||||||||
| SED≥30 (h/d) | Healthcare Practitioners | 1.46 (0.12) | Production | 1.56 (0.18) | 2 | |||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 1.04 (0.41) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 1.43 (0.40) | |||||||||||
| Food Preparation and Serving | 1.03 (0.33) | Food Preparation and Serving | 1.20 (0.43) | |||||||||||
| SED<30 (h/d) | Personal Care and Service | 5.94 (0.19) | Food Preparation and Serving | 5.88 (0.36) | 2 | |||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 5.37 (0.35) | Transportation/Material Moving | 5.88 (0.14) | |||||||||||
| Food Preparation and Serving | 5.00 (0.28) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 5.46 (0.34) | |||||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 6.83 (0.49) | Production | 7.00 (0.20) | |||||||||||
| Food Preparation and Serving | 7.74 (0.39) | Food Preparation and Serving | 7.51 (0.48) | |||||||||||
| MVPA<10 (h/d) | Education, Training, and Library | 0.38 (0.02) | Installation/Maintenance/Repair | 0.56 (0.05) | 1 | |||||||||
| Installation/Maintenance/Repair | 0.39 (0.07) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 0.71 (0.09) | |||||||||||
| Architectu re/Engineering | 0.47 (0.08) | Food Preparation and Serving | 0.72 (0.10) | |||||||||||
| MVPA≥10 (h/d) | Life, Physical, and Social Sciences | 0.29 (0.06) | Building/Grounds Maintenance | 0.36 (0.10) | 1 | |||||||||
| Education, Training, and Library | 0.29 (0.03) | Personal Care and Service | 0.49 (0.09) | |||||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 0.30 (0.10) | Food Preparation and Serving | 0.58 (0.11) | |||||||||||
| Least favorable 3 classifications |
Mean Activity Counts (cpm) | Protective Services | 318.7 (35.0) | Architecture/ Engineering | 342.1 (26.0) | 0 | ||||||||
| Office and Administrative Support | 319.7 (10.5) | Computer/Mathematical | 356.6 (21.2) | |||||||||||
| Installation/Maintenance/Repair | 321.2 (45.8) | Community and Social Services | 361.6 (44.2) | |||||||||||
| SED≥30 (h/d) | Computer/Mathematical | 2.47 (0.20) | Computer/Mathematical | 2.81 (0.18) | 2 | |||||||||
| Architectu re/Engineering | 2.16 (0.48) | Architecture/ Engineering | 2.54 (0.22) | |||||||||||
| Community and Social Services | 2.06 (0.19) | Management | 2.26 (0.11) | |||||||||||
| SED<30 (h/d) | Architectu re/Engineering | 7.15 (0.41) | Business/Financial | 7.06 (0.17) | 1 | |||||||||
| Installation/Maintenance/Repair | 7.01 (0.35) | Legal | 7.01 (0.19) | |||||||||||
| Legal | 6.86 (0.28) | Health-care Practitioners | 6.94 (0.15) | |||||||||||
| LPA (h/d) | Computer/Mathematical | 5.54 (0.24) | Computer/Mathematical | 4.96 (0.20) | 1 | |||||||||
| Community and Social Services | 5.60 (0.23) | Legal | 5.21 (0.25) | |||||||||||
| Arts/Entertainment/Sports | 5.61 (0.30) | Education/T raining/Library | 5.41 (0.25) | |||||||||||
| MVPA<10 (h/d) | Legal | 0.24 (0.05) | Architecture/ Engineering | 0.36 (0.05) | 0 | |||||||||
| Building/Grounds Maintenance | 0.27 (0.07) | Education, Training, and Library | 0.36 (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Office and Administrative Support | 0.29 (0.02) | Computer/Mathematical | 0.38 (0.04) | |||||||||||
| MVPA≥10 (h/d) | Food Preparation and Serving | 0.03 (0.08) | Installation/Maintenance/Repair | 0.13 (0.06) | 1 | |||||||||
| Protective Services | 0.06 (0.07) | Community and Social Services | 0.18 (0.10) | |||||||||||
| Installation/Maintenance/Repair | 0.10 (0.10) | Transportation/Material Moving | 0.19 (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Omnibus | cpm | SED≥30 | SED<30 | LPA | MVPA<10 | MVPA≥10 | Omnibus | cpm | SED≥30 | SED<30 | LPA | MVPA<10 | MVPA≥30 | |
| P-values | .087 | .028 | <.001 | <.001 | .146 | .264 | P values | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | .001 | .073 | |
Abbreviations: LPA, light physical activity; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
a
Construction and Extraction 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.