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Table 2 Minutes spent in primary activities by domain and intensity over two diary days, Australian Time Use Surveys 1992, 1997 and 2006 1

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

  

1992 (n=5851)

1997 (n=6419)

Reference year 2006 (n=5505)

Domain

Intensity level

Mean (SD)

% time

B (95% CI)2

Mean (SD)

% time

B (95% CI)2

Mean (SD)

% time

Sleep3

Total

-

-

-

1022.6 (185.0)

35.5

-0.02 (-6.4, 6.4)

1018.4 (180.8)

35.4

Occupation

Total

393.4 (470.1)

13.7

10.1 (-2.5, 22.8)

381.5 (456.8)

13.2

-2.3 (-14.6, 10.0)

391.4 (456.1)

13.6

Transport

Total

149.3 (110.7)

5.2

-0.7 (-4.8, 3.5)

148.4 (120.9)

5.2

-2.1 (-6.1, 2.0)

149.2 (111.9)

5.2

 

Sedentary

119.9 (105.2)

4.2

-3.9 (-7.7, -0.10)

118.0 (107.0)

4.1

-6.7 (-10.4, -3.0)

124.3 (104.2)

4.3

 

Light

0.7 (10.2)

0.0

0.10 (-0.4, 0.5)

0.7 (11.5)

0.0

0.1 (-0.3, 0.6)

0.5 (12.3)

0.0

 

Moderate

14.3 (32.0)

0.5

1.4 (0.3, 2.6)

12.0 (28.3)

0.4

-0.9 (-2.0, 0.2)

12.4 (30.4)

0.4

 

Unspecified mode

14.4 (39.2)

0.5

1.7 (0.2, 3.3)

17.8 (51.6)

0.6

5.4 (3.9, 6.9)

12.0 (32.0)

0.4

Leisure3

Total

-

-

-

580.7 (311.9)

20.2

23.2 (13.0, 33.4)

559.1 (314.1)

19.4

 

Sedentary

-

-

-

509.1 (288.0)

17.7

5.1 (-4.5, 14.6)

505.7 (294.5)

17.6

 

Light

-

-

-

31.1 (81.5)

1.1

12.8 (10.1, 15.4)

18.7 (65.5)

0.6

 

Moderate

-

-

-

40.5 (95.4)

1.4

5.3 (1.7, 9.0)

34.8 (77.8)

1.2

Household3

Total

-

-

-

726.4 (361.5)

25.2

-12.5 (-23.3, -1.8)

737.8 (367.4)

25.6

 

Sedentary

-

-

-

247.1 (150.8)

8.6

-3.6 (-8.5, 1.3)

251.7 (154.6)

8.7

 

Light

-

-

-

350.6 (237.7)

12.2

-14.9 (-22.2, -7.7)

362.4 (238.8)

12.6

 

Moderate

-

-

-

128.6 (154.0)

4.5

6.0 (0.8, 11.3)

123.7 (153.4)

4.3

Education

Total

23.0 (123.8)

0.8

-3.4 (-7.7, 1.0)

20.4 (116.1)

0.7

-6.3 (-10.5, -2.1)

24.0 (123.4)

0.8

 

Sedentary

22.9 (123.5)

0.8

-3.2 (-7.5, 1.1)

20.1 (114.9)

0.7

-6.3 (-10.5, -2.2)

23.8 (122.8)

0.8

 

Light

0.1 (6.3)

0.0

-0.1 (-0.4, 0.1)

0.4 (5.9)

0.0

0.1 (-0.1, 0.3)

0.3 (4.4)

0.0

 

Moderate4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Non-occupational waking time3

Total5

-

-

-

1475.9 (439.3)

51.2

3.5 (-8.5, 15.6)

1470.2 (435.4)

51.0

Sedentary

-

-

-

894.3 (315.9)

31.1

-11.2 (-21.5, -0.9)

905.5 (320.7)

31.4

 

Light

-

-

-

382.7 (251.9)

13.3

-1.5 (-8.8, 5.8)

381.7 (247.3)

13.3

 

Moderate

-

-

-

181.1 (179.6)

6.3

10.9 (4.8, 17.0)

170.9 (171.8)

5.9

  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.
  2. 2 Reference year is 2006; models additionally adjusted for age, sex, education level and employment status.
  3. 3 Data not presented for 1992 because changes to coding in 1997 and 2006 meant that time spent in activities in sleep, leisure and household domains were not comparable.
  4. 4 There was no time in moderate education activities recorded.
  5. 5 Total non-occupational waking time includes time in transport, leisure, household and education domains.