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Occupational and non-occupational physical activity and the social determinants of physical activity : results from the Health Survey for England
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posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00 authored by Steven AllenderSteven Allender, C Foster, A BoxerBackground: This article aims to examine the relative contribution of occupational activity to English adults’ meeting of government recommendations for physical activity (PA).
Methods: Data were extracted from a cross-sectional survey of householders in the UK via the Health Survey for England.1 In total, 14,018 adult participants were included in the analysis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the odds of achieving PA recommendations with and without including occupational activity and to examine the contribution of gender and social and demographic characteristics.
Results: When occupational PA was included, 36% of men and 25% of women were active at the recommended level. Once occupational PA was removed, these proportions were 23% and 19%, respectively. These results were socially patterned, most notably by age and gender.
Conclusions: Occupational PA provides a substantial contribution to those meeting the government target for PA.
Methods: Data were extracted from a cross-sectional survey of householders in the UK via the Health Survey for England.1 In total, 14,018 adult participants were included in the analysis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the odds of achieving PA recommendations with and without including occupational activity and to examine the contribution of gender and social and demographic characteristics.
Results: When occupational PA was included, 36% of men and 25% of women were active at the recommended level. Once occupational PA was removed, these proportions were 23% and 19%, respectively. These results were socially patterned, most notably by age and gender.
Conclusions: Occupational PA provides a substantial contribution to those meeting the government target for PA.
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Journal of physical activity & healthVolume
5Issue
1Pagination
104 - 116Publisher
Human KineticsLocation
Champaign, Ill.ISSN
1543-3080eISSN
1543-5474Language
engNotes
Reproduced with kind permission of the copyright owner.Publication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2008, Human Kinetics Inc.Usage metrics
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