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Table 4 Changes in minutes spent in screen-based primary activities 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)

Screen time domain

Mean (SD)

B (95% CI)2

Mean (SD)

B (95% CI)2

Mean (SD)

Total

 

216.7 (203.5)

-62.0 (-69.4, -54.6)

250.4 (211.6)

-24.2 (-31.3, -17.0)

271.9 (220.8)

Leisure

Watching TV, DVD, videos

214.0 (202.0)

-24.2 (-31.2, -17.2)

236.9 (203.1)

3.2 (-3.6, 10.0)

231.7 (195.9)

 

Computing

2.6 (22.8)

-35.3 (-37.7, -32.8)

11.8 (57.2)

-26.4 (-28.8, -24.0)

37.5 (99.5)

Household

Computing

0.0 (1.0)

-1.7 (-2.1, -1.3)

0.8 (11.0)

-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5)

1.8 (14.9)

Education

Computing

0.1 (3.5)

-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4)

0.9 (15.3)

-0.1 (-0.6, 0.3)

1.0 (14.3)

  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.