Table 6 Ranking for proportion of time in MVPA 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 | MVPA M (SE) | Men n | MVPA M (SE) | Women n | MVPA M (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Related agricultural, forestry, and fishing | 21 | 7.7 (1) | 21 | 7.7 (1) | 0 | - |
2 | Construction laborers | 9 | 7.4 (1) | 9 | 7.4 (1) | 0 | - |
3 | Farm and nursery workers | 6 | 5.7 (1.3) | 5 | 6.4 (1.2) | 1 | 1.5 (0) |
4 | Farm operators, managers, and supervisors | 5 | 5.6 (0.8) | 4 | 5.9 (0.9) | 1 | 3.2 (0) |
5 | Construction trades | 58 | 5.6 (0.4) | 57 | 5.6 (0.4) | 1 | 1.2 (0) |
6 | Textile, apparel, furnishings machine operators | 8 | 5.4 (1.5) | 3 | 6.1 (0.2) | 5 | 5.2 (1.9) |
7 | Cleaning and building service occupations | 23 | 5.1 (0.4) | 15 | 6 (0.8) | 8 | 3.7 (1) |
8 | Other helpers, cleaners, packagers, laborers | 18 | 4.8 (0.8) | 12 | 5.8 (1.2) | 6 | 3 (0.2) |
9 | Freight, stock, and material movers (hand) | 14 | 4.4 (0.6) | 11 | 4.5 (0.8) | 3 | 4 (0.8) |
10 | Private household occupationsa | 9 | 4.3 (1.5) | 0 | - | 9 | 4.3 (1.5) |
11 | Other transportation and material moving | 21 | 4.2 (0.3) | 20 | 4.3 (0.3) | 1 | 2.5 (0) |
12 | Motor vehicle operators | 61 | 4.1 (0.5) | 59 | 4.2 (0.5) | 2 | 0.7 (0.3) |
13 | Engineers, architects and scientists | 29 | 4 (0.7) | 22 | 4.1 (0.8) | 7 | 3.3 (0.6) |
14 | Other mechanics and repairers | 37 | 4 (0.5) | 37 | 4 (0.5) | 0 | - |
15 | Fabricators, assemblers, inspectors, and samplers | 28 | 3.6 (0.5) | 16 | 4.5 (0.6) | 12 | 1.9 (0.4) |
16 | Technicians and related support occupations | 33 | 3.6 (0.4) | 18 | 3.6 (0.6) | 15 | 3.7 (0.7) |
17 | Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes | 15 | 3.5 (0.7) | 9 | 4.7 (1) | 6 | 1.9 (0.3) |
18 | Sales reps., finance, business, & commodities | 29 | 3.5 (0.6) | 16 | 4.6 (1) | 13 | 1.8 (0.5) |
19 | Management related occupations | 49 | 3.5 (0.4) | 23 | 4.2 (0.5) | 26 | 2.8 (0.4) |
20 | Protective service occupations | 13 | 3.4 (1) | 10 | 3.7 (1.1) | 3 | 2 (0.4) |
21 | Material recording, scheduling, distributing clerksa | 19 | 3.3 (1) | 12 | 3.7 (1.5) | 7 | 2.2 (0.4) |
22 | Machine operators, assorted materials | 22 | 3.3 (0.6) | 17 | 3.7 (0.6) | 5 | 1.6 (0.4) |
23 | Executive, administrators, and managers | 112 | 3.2 (0.2) | 67 | 3.9 (0.3) | 45 | 2 (0.3) |
24 | Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations | 27 | 3.1 (0.5) | 19 | 3.7 (0.7) | 8 | 1.9 (0.4) |
25 | Extractive and precision production occupations | 47 | 3.1 (0.3) | 38 | 3.3 (0.3) | 9 | 2.1 (0.6) |
26 | Sales workers, retail and personal services | 26 | 3.1 (0.3) | 12 | 3.8 (0.4) | 14 | 2.4 (0.4) |
27 | Teachers | 40 | 3 (0.5) | 11 | 4.2 (0.9) | 29 | 2.6 (0.5) |
28 | Miscellaneous administrative support occupations | 65 | 3 (0.3) | 16 | 4.9 (1.3) | 49 | 2.4 (0.4) |
29 | Vehicle and mobile equip. mechanics, repairers | 15 | 2.9 (0.7) | 15 | 2.9 (0.7) | 0 | - |
30 | Other professional specialty occupations | 39 | 2.9 (0.3) | 16 | 3.4 (0.5) | 23 | 2.5 (0.2) |
31 | Health diagnosing, assessing and treating | 42 | 2.7 (0.3) | 8 | 3.2 (0.5) | 34 | 2.6 (0.3) |
32 | Waiters and waitressesa | 7 | 2.5 (0.9) | 2 | 5.8 (0.8) | 5 | 1.9 (0.8) |
33 | Cooks | 24 | 2.2 (0.4) | 13 | 2.5 (0.4) | 11 | 1.5 (0.5) |
34 | Health service occupations | 38 | 2.1 (0.4) | 7 | 3.4 (0.8) | 31 | 1.8 (0.3) |
35 | Miscellaneous food preparation and service | 14 | 2.1 (0.4) | 6 | 2.3 (1) | 8 | 2 (0.4) |
36 | Information clerksa | 18 | 1.9 (0.6) | 4 | 2.5 (0.5) | 14 | 1.8 (0.7) |
37 | Records processing occupations | 33 | 1.8 (0.2) | 0 | - | 33 | 1.8 (0.2) |
38 | Secretaries, stenographers, and typists | 21 | 1.7 (0.4) | 0 | - | 21 | 1.7 (0.4) |
39 | Personal service occupations | 14 | 1.6 (0.4) | 3 | 3.1 (0.5) | 11 | 1 (0.1) |
40 | Laborers, except construction | 3 | 1.3 (0.3) | 1 | 0.9 (0) | 2 | 1.6 (0.3) |