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Table 8 Ranking for proportion of time in light activity by occupational category and by sex: NHANES 2003–2004 (n = 1112)

From: Classification of occupational activity categories using accelerometry: NHANES 2003–2004

Rank

Occupational category

Overall n

Light activity M (SE)

Men n

Light activity M (SE)

Women n

Light activity M (SE)

1

Waiters and waitresses

7

43.4 (3.4)

2

32.3 (1.6)

5

45.2 (2.6)

2

Miscellaneous food preparation and service

14

39.2 (2.3)

6

38.3 (3.2)

8

39.6 (2.8)

3

Cooks

24

39 (2.1)

13

36.9 (2.3)

11

43.3 (1)

4

Machine operators, assorted materials

22

36.6 (1.5)

17

36.4 (1.6)

5

37.4 (4.8)

5

Information clerks

18

36.1 (1.3)

4

26.8 (1.7)

14

37.6 (0.9)

6

Other helpers, cleaners, hand packagers, laborers

18

36.1 (1.8)

12

33.6 (1.9)

6

40.2 (2.1)

7

Health service occupations

38

34.6 (0.7)

7

31.5 (0.7)

31

35.3 (0.9)

8

Fabricators, assemblers, inspectors, and samplers

28

33.7 (2)

16

33.6 (2.6)

12

34 (3.1)

9

Personal service occupations

14

33.7 (2)

3

30.4 (0.5)

11

35.1 (2.7)

10

Motor vehicle operators

61

33.6 (1.1)

59

33.8 (1.2)

2

28.7 (1.6)

11

Vehicle and mobile equip. mechanics, repairers

15

33.3 (1.4)

15

33.3 (1.4)

0

-

12

Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations

27

33.1 (1.6)

19

31.1 (1.5)

8

37.6 (2.9)

13

Laborers, except construction

3

33 (3.9)

1

26.1 (0)

2

38.4 (3.3)

14

Farm and nursery workers

6

32.5 (2.1)

5

32.2 (2.6)

1

34.7 (0)

15

Health diagnosing, assessing and treating

42

32.5 (1)

8

34.5 (3.5)

34

31.9 (1)

16

Freight, stock, and material movers (hand)

14

32.3 (1.4)

11

31.2 (1.9)

3

35.9 (0.9)

17

Construction trades

58

32.3 (0.7)

57

32.3 (0.7)

1

32.6 (0)

18

Other mechanics and repairers

37

32.2 (1)

37

32.2 (1)

0

-

19

Farm operators, managers, and supervisors

5

32.1 (1)

4

31.6 (1.3)

1

36.7 (0)

20

Sales workers, retail and personal services

26

32.1 (0.9)

12

31.1 (1)

14

32.9 (1.7)

21

Extractive and precision production occupations

47

31.7 (0.8)

38

31.2 (0.7)

9

33.8 (1.8)

22

Textile, apparel, furnishings machine operators

8

31.4 (2)

3

29.2 (3.7)

5

32 (2.1)

23

Cleaning and building service occupations

23

31.3 (0.6)

15

32 (0.8)

8

30.1 (1.3)

24

Private household occupations

9

31.2 (4.9)

0

-

9

31.2 (4.9)

25

Secretaries, stenographers, and typists

21

30.5 (1.9)

0

-

21

30.5 (1.9)

26

Construction laborers

9

30.5 (1.6)

9

30.5 (1.6)

0

-

27

Records processing occupations

33

30.2 (1.3)

0

-

33

30.2 (1.3)

28

Material recording, scheduling, distributing clerks

19

30.2 (0.9)

12

29.4 (1.1)

7

32.2 (1.8)

29

Teachers

40

29.9 (1.2)

11

29.2 (1.5)

29

30.1 (1.6)

30

Related agricultural, forestry, and fishing

21

29.9 (1.7)

21

29.9 (1.7)

0

-

31

Miscellaneous administrative support occupations

65

29.7 (0.9)

16

25.3 (1.2)

49

30.9 (1.1)

32

Other transportation and material moving

21

28.8 (1.7)

20

28.9 (1.8)

1

27.4 (0)

33

Technicians and related support occupations

33

28.6 (1.8)

18

24.7 (2.1)

15

33 (1.8)

34

Executive, administrators, and managers

112

27.8 (0.8)

67

27.2 (1.2)

45

28.9 (0.8)

35

Sales reps., finance, business, & commodities

29

27.7 (1.3)

16

25.8 (1.4)

13

30.7 (1.2)

36

Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes

15

27.5 (1.4)

9

26.7 (1.7)

6

28.6 (2.1)

37

Other professional specialty occupations

39

26.9 (1.1)

16

25.7 (1.3)

23

28.1 (1.1)

38

Protective service occupations

13

26.5 (1.8)

10

25.3 (1.7)

3

33 (3.6)

39

Management related occupations

49

26.4 (0.8)

23

25.2 (1.2)

26

27.8 (0.5)

40

Engineers, architects and scientists

29

23 (0.8)

22

22.5 (0.7)

7

25.5 (2.3)

  1. Light activity, 100–759 counts; M mean, SE standard error