Table 1 High, low, and unclassifiable occupational activity (OA) groupings assigned by an expert panel
From: Classification of occupational activity categories using accelerometry: NHANES 2003–2004
Occupational categories previously classified as having high OA (n = 7) |
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Waiters and waitresses |
Cleaning and building service |
Farm and nursery workers |
Construction trades |
Construction laborers |
Laborers, except construction |
Freight, stock, and material movers (hand) |
Occupational categories previously classified as having low OA (n = 10) |
Executive, administrators, and managers |
Management related |
Engineers, architects and scientists |
Teachers |
Secretaries, stenographers, and typists |
Information clerks |
Records processing |
Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks |
Miscellaneous administrative support |
Motor vehicle operators |
Occupational categories previously classified as having unclassifiable OA (n = 23) |
Health diagnosing, assessing and treating |
Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes |
Other professional specialty |
Technicians and related support |
Supervisors and proprietors, sales |
Sales representatives, finance, business, & commodities ex. Retail |
Sales workers, retail and personal services |
Private household |
Protective service |
Cooks |
Miscellaneous food preparation and service |
Health service |
Personal service |
Farm operators, managers, and supervisors |
Related agricultural, forestry, and fishing |
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics and repairers |
Other mechanics and repairers |
Extractive and precision production |
Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators |
Machine operators, assorted materials |
Fabricators, assemblers, inspectors, and samplers |
Other transportation and material moving |
Other helpers, equipment cleaners, hand packagers and laborers |