Skip to main content

Table 1 Weighted participant characteristics by year of Australian Time Use Surveys 1992, 1997, 2006 (column %) 1

From: Temporal trends in non-occupational sedentary behaviours from Australian Time Use Surveys 1992, 1997 and 2006

  

1992

1997

2006

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

All

 

5851

100

6419

100

5505

100

Sex

Male

2906

49.7

3149

49.1

2678

48.7

 

Female

2945

50.3

3269

50.9

2826

51.3

Age group

20-29

659

11.3

665

10.4

495

9.0

 

30-39

1386

23.7

1417

22.1

1030

18.7

 

40-49

1299

22.2

1411

22.0

1133

20.6

 

50-59

927

15.8

1171

18.2

1073

19.5

 

60-69

714

12.2

834

13.0

846

15.4

 

70+

866

14.8

920

14.3

927

16.8

Education

High school or less

2970

50.8

3094

48.2

2666

48.4

 

Diploma, certificate

2185

37.3

2169

33.8

1625

29.5

 

Bachelor degree or higher

696

11.9

1156

18.0

1214

22.1

Employment status

Employed full-time

2686

45.9

2928

45.6

2491

45.3

 

Employed part-time

804

13.8

979

15.2

1068

19.4

 

Unemployed

441

7.5

326

5.1

133

2.4

 

Not in labour force

1920

32.8

2185

34.0

1812

32.9

  1. 1Weighted for probability of being sampled in the Australian population by day type (week, weekend) and for population age, sex, employment status, region for survey year distributions.
Back to article page

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

Contact us