Table 2.
Working and commuting situation, and type of sitting at home during the study period.
| Total | Men | Women | 18–59 Years | 60–78 Years | White-Collar | Blue-Collar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you work from home? | ||||||||||
| All the time | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 12% | 1% | |||
| Partly | 26% | 27% | 25% | 27% | 20% | 30% | 5% | |||
| My occupation requires that I am at work | 49% | 47% | 52% | 48% | 58% | 41% | 90% | |||
| I can work at home, but chose to be at work | 15% | 17% | 13% | p < 0.001 | 15% | 15% | p < 0.001 | 18% | 4% | p < 0.001 |
| How have your commuting habits to and from work changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic? | ||||||||||
| Same as before | 74% | 75% | 73% | 74% | 76% | 70% | 91% | |||
| Changed | 11% | 9% | 12% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 5% | |||
| Stopped commuting | 15% | 16% | 15% | p = 0.004 | 16% | 12% | p = 0.010 | 18% | 4% | p < 0.001 |
| If changed, how have they changed? | ||||||||||
| Bus/train to active commuting | 26% | 21% | 30% | 26% | 29% | 26% | 19% | |||
| Bus/train to car | 54% | 57% | 52% | 55% | 51% | 55% | 57% | |||
| Car to active commuting | 8% | 12% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 8% | |||
| Car to bus/train | 2% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | |||
| Active commuting to car | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 11% | |||
| Active commuting to bus/train | 2% | 1% | 2% | p = 0.009 | 2% | 1% | p = 0.930 | 1% | 5% | p = 0.232 |
| Type of sitting at home | ||||||||||
| Mentally passive (min/day) | 119 (78) | 127 (82) | 112 (73) | p < 0.001 | 119 (77) | 122 (84) | p = 0.424 | 115 (74) | 134 (87) | p < 0.001 |
| Mentally active (min/day) | 131 (174) | 124 (167) | 139 (179) | p = 0.001 | 134 (177) | 114 (143) | p = 0.002 | 144 (182) | 70 (107) | p < 0.001 |
| Socializing (min/day) | 82 (68) | 84 (68) | 81 (68) | p = 0.006 | 83 (69) | 79 (62) | p = 0.173 | 81 (64) | 85 (83) | p = 0.145 |
Data presented as percentage or mean (SD). Significant differences between subgroups are tested by using Chi-square test (percentages) or t-test (mean values).