Table 1

Incidence of physical activity and usual weekly working hours among employed persons in Australia: Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey waves 1–12 (%)

MalesFemalesPersons
Frequency of physical activity
 Not at all6.68.27.4
 Less than once a week14.518.516.5
 1–2 times a week23.826.225.0
 3 times a week15.617.216.4
 More than 3 times a week23.220.421.8
 Every day16.39.512.9
 Total100.0100.0100.0
Usual weekly hours of paid work
 Less than 209.124.116.6
 21–349.626.418.0
 35–4036.132.733.4
 41–4918.18.613.4
 50–5916.65.611.1
 60+10.62.76.5
 Total100.0100.0100.0