Table 2.
Responses by industry sector for select survey questions.
| Own a personal fitness technology | Wear their personal fitness technology at work | In favor of using wearable technologies at work to track OSH risk factors | Estimated amount (in US $) that their organization would be willing to spend per person for a wearable device | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry Sector | N | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | mean (SD) |
| Manufacturing | 244 | 122 (50.0) | 92 (75.4) | 132 (54.1) | 68.67 (61.4) |
| Construction | 117 | 47 (40.2) | 33 (70.2) | 67 (57.3) | 63.17 (49.1) |
| Oil, Energy, or Gas | 84 | 42 (50.0) | 30 (71.4) | 44 (52.4) | 86.90 (73.1) |
| Insurance | 81 | 47 (58.0) | 32 (68.1) | 40 (49.4) | 72.81 (62.8) |
| Academia/Research | 80 | 47 (58.8) | 39 (83.0) | 45 (56.3) | 64.39 (68.4) |
| Government | 67 | 27 (40.3) | 18 (66.7) | 40 (59.7) | 74.72 (76.6) |
| Healthcare | 36 | 20 (55.6) | 15 (75.0) | 14 (38.9) | 64.81 (64.3) |
| Transportation | 20 | 12 (60.0) | 10 (83.3) | 12 (60.0) | 83.18 (74.0) |
| Food Processing | 20 | 8 (40.0) | 7 (87.5) | 8 (40.0) | 52.68 (35.6) |
Note. OSH = occupational safety and health.