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Brazilian adults' sedentary behaviors by life domain: population-based study
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 3, p e91614 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Background: There is rapidly-emerging evidence on the harmful health effects of sedentary behaviors. The aim of this paper was to quantify time in sedentary behaviors and document socio-demographic variations in different life domains among adults. Methods: A population-based survey was carried out in 2012 through face-to-face interviews with Brazilian adults aged 20+years (N = 2,927). Information about time spent sedentary in a typical weekday was collected for five different domains (workplace, commuting, school/university, watching TV, and computer use at home). Descriptive and bivariate analyses examined variations in overall and domain-specific sedentary time by gender, age, educational attainment and socioeconomic position. Results: On average, participants reported spending 5.8 (SD 4.5) hours per day sitting. The median value was 4.5 (interquartile range: 2.5-8) hours. Men, younger adults, those with higher schooling and from the wealthiest socioeconomic groups had higher overall sedentary scores. TV time was higher in women, older adults and among those with low schooling and socioeconomic position. Sedentary time in transport was higher in men, younger adults, and participants with high schooling and high socioeconomic position. Computer use at home was more frequent among young adults and those from high socioeconomic groups. Sitting at work was higher in those with higher schooling and from the wealthiest socioeconomic groups. Sedentary behavior at school was related inversely to age and directly to schooling. Conclusion: Patterns of sedentary behavior are different by life domains. Initiatives to reduce prolonged sitting among Brazilian adults will be required on multiple levels for different life domains.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Male
Time Factors
Epidemiology
Health Behavior
lcsh:Medicine
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
Interquartile range
Medicine
Psychology
Young adult
lcsh:Science
Aged, 80 and over
education.field_of_study
Multidisciplinary
1. No poverty
Middle Aged
Life domain
Occupational and Industrial Health
Socioeconomic Aspects of Health
Population Surveillance
Female
Public Health
Behavioral and Social Aspects of Health
Brazil
Research Article
Adult
Clinical Research Design
Population
Sitting
Young Adult
Humans
Sports and Exercise Medicine
education
Socioeconomic status
Sedentary lifestyle
Aged
Demography
Behavior
Survey Research
business.industry
lcsh:R
Health Surveys
Educational attainment
Survey Methods
Socioeconomic Factors
lcsh:Q
Sedentary Behavior
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PloS one
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....af32d5dd4e67a359b1a39d2503af6deb