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Table 3 Changes in minutes spent in leisure-time sedentary behaviour (primary activities) over two diary days, Australian Time Use Surveys 1997 and 2006 1

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

 

1997 (n=6419)

Reference year 2006 (n=5505)

Leisure-time sedentary behaviour

Mean (SD)

% of domain

B 95% CI)2

Mean (SD)

% of 2 domain

Watching TV

236.9 (203.1)

46.5

3.4 (-3.4, 10.2)

231.7 (195.9)

45.8

Socialising, community interaction

71.3 (113.0)

14.0

-2.4 (-6.5, 1.8)

73.3 (115.8)

14.5

Reading

53.5 (88.7)

10.5

6.3 (3.3, 9.4)

50.5 (91.1)

10.0

Relaxing, resting

27.8 (70.8)

5.5

3.2 (0.8, 5.6)

25.9 (64.5)

5.1

Listening to music

15.1 (49.9)

3.0

6.5 (4.9, 8.1)

9.3 (38.6)

1.8

Hobbies, arts, crafts

12.1 (49.9)

2.4

2.5 (0.8, 4.3)

10.0 (44.3)

2.0

Using computer

11.8 (57.2)

2.3

-26.7 (-29.5, -23.8)

37.5 (99.5)

7.4

Communication by phone, written, in person

73.4 (93.9)

14.4

10.1 (6.9, 13.3)

62.7 (84.7)

12.4

Other

7.4 (37.4)

1.5

2.1 (1.0, 3.3)

4.8 (24.8)

1.0

  1. 1 Weighted 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.