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) |