Table 2.
Proportion of people who reached the respective thresholds in the different domains of physical activity among gainfully employed persons in Austria in 39 different occupational groups.
| Occupational Category and Subgroups | WRPA | TRPA | HEPA | MSPA | TPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 48.2 | 18.4 | 50.4 | 32.7 | 76.3 |
| Manager (N = 437) | 23.3 | 14.0 | 52.7 | 28.8 | 68.6 |
| Directors, boards of directors, senior administrators, and members of legislative bodies (N = 44) | 4.5 | 13.6 | 55.6 | 42.2 | 59.1 |
| Executives in the commercial area (N = 162) | 11.1 | 16.0 | 61.3 | 33.7 | 68.5 |
| Executives in production and special services (N = 152) | 20.4 | 12.4 | 52.3 | 24.8 | 66.0 |
| Executives in hotels and restaurants, in retail, and in the provision of other services (N = 78) | 64.1 | 12.8 | 33.3 | 18.2 | 79.5 |
| Academic laboror (N = 1435) | 19.2 | 19.8 | 61.9 | 36.6 | 68.1 |
| Scientists, mathematicians, and engineers (N = 245) | 6.5 | 18.3 | 62.4 | 33.9 | 65.4 |
| Academic Health Professions (N = 171) | 46.8 | 19.2 | 59.3 | 39.5 | 76.2 |
| Teachers (N = 428) | 26.9 | 20.4 | 64.6 | 36.4 | 72.2 |
| Business economists and comparable academic professions (N = 244) | 9.0 | 18.4 | 61.1 | 41.4 | 63.9 |
| Academic and comparable specialists in information and communication technology (N = 168) | 3.6 | 17.2 | 56.8 | 29.2 | 59.5 |
| Lawyers, social scientists, and cultural professions (N = 178) | 19.7 | 25.8 | 63.3 | 38.2 | 67.4 |
| Skilled laboror (N = 1870) | 37.9 | 16.4 | 54.3 | 34.2 | 70.7 |
| Engineering and comparable skilled workers (N = 468) | 47.2 | 19.1 | 52.6 | 35.5 | 76.9 |
| Assistant professions in health care (N = 362) | 72.9 | 21.0 | 57.7 | 34.3 | 87.6 |
| Non-academic business and commercial specialists and administrative specialists (N = 791) | 13.5 | 12.8 | 53.1 | 32.1 | 59.5 |
| Non-academic legal, social care, cultural, and related professionals (N = 159) | 63.5 | 19.0 | 64.3 | 44.3 | 80.4 |
| Information and communication technician (N = 159) | 18.7 | 12.1 | 44.0 | 26.7 | 52.7 |
| Office worker (N = 848) | 20.9 | 15.4 | 53.6 | 33.4 | 64.9 |
| General clerks and secretarial staff (N = 386) | 14.8 | 11.1 | 50.9 | 30.1 | 59.3 |
| Office workers with customer contact (N = 183) | 15.3 | 21.4 | 61.0 | 30.7 | 67.6 |
| Office workers in finance and accounting, in statistics, and in materials management (N = 205) | 21.5 | 15.2 | 56.4 | 35.3 | 66.3 |
| Other office workers and related professions (N = 75) | 65.3 | 24.0 | 41.3 | 26.7 | 82.7 |
| Service workers (N = 1416) | 67.7 | 19.1 | 44.4 | 32.3 | 82.4 |
| Personal service professions (N = 415) | 72.0 | 17.8 | 42.7 | 35.7 | 83.4 |
| Sales force (N = 658) | 63.7 | 17.6 | 41.7 | 28.7 | 80.7 |
| Care professions (N = 250) | 77.6 | 22.8 | 50.0 | 35.2 | 87.6 |
| Protection forces and security guards (N = 92) | 48.9 | 25.0 | 56.5 | 35.9 | 76.1 |
| Agriculture and forestry workers (N = 269) | 92.9 | 24.5 | 31.2 | 22.6 | 95.9 |
| Skilled workers in agriculture (N = 260) | 92.7 | 25.3 | 31.8 | 23.0 | 95.8 |
| Skilled workers in forestry, fishing, and hunting (N = 9) | 100 | 11.1 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 100 |
| Blue-collar workers (N = 1031) | 79.0 | 20.3 | 46.2 | 34.8 | 89.0 |
| Construction specialists and related professions (N = 302) | 86.1 | 26.0 | 49.5 | 39.3 | 95.4 |
| Metalworkers, mechanics, and allied professions (N = 354) | 79.4 | 15.8 | 44.4 | 32.8 | 88.4 |
| Precision craftsmen, printers, and handicraft professions (N = 43) | 74.4 | 23.8 | 45.2 | 32.6 | 83.7 |
| Electricians and electronics technicians (N = 156) | 78.2 | 21.8 | 43.6 | 32.5 | 88.5 |
| Food processing, woodworking and garment manufacturing, and related craft professions (N = 175) | 68.6 | 17.6 | 46.3 | 33.7 | 80.7 |
| Engine workers (N = 440) | 64.5 | 18.8 | 47.6 | 28.1 | 82.3 |
| Operators of stationary systems and machines (N = 114) | 87.7 | 18.6 | 56.1 | 21.1 | 93.0 |
| Assembly workers (N = 34) | 85.3 | 11.8 | 44.1 | 26.5 | 88.2 |
| Vehicle drivers and operators of mobile systems (N = 293) | 52.9 | 19.5 | 44.7 | 31.1 | 77.1 |
| Unskilled labouror (N = 482) | 82.8 | 20.9 | 32.4 | 22.2 | 87.3 |
| Cleaning staff and auxiliary workers (N = 293) | 93.4 | 20.4 | 34.7 | 15.8 | 95.4 |
| Unskilled laborers in agriculture, forestry, and fishing (N = 3) | 33.3 | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Unskilled laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing, and transportation (N = 189) | 79.9 | 21.7 | 34.4 | 30.7 | 86.2 |
| Food preparation assistants (N = 40) | 77.5 | 22.5 | 17.5 | 7.5 | 82.5 |
| Street vendors and street service workers (N = 3) | 66.7 | 0 | 100 | 66.7 | 100 |
| Waste disposal workers and other auxiliary workers (N = 51) | 60.8 | 11.8 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 67.3 |
| p | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
WRPA = work-related physical activity (mostly physically active when working); TRPA = transport-related physical activity (upper quintile of metabolic equivalent (MET)-minutes/week spent with walking and cycling); HEPA = health-enhancing physical activity (at least 150 min per week moderate PA or cycling); MSPA = muscle-strengthening physical activity (at least twice per week muscle-strengthening activity); TPA = total physical activity (mostly physically active when working OR complying with HEPA guidelines).