Factors Associated with Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity Among People Living in Saudi Arabia – A Cross-Sectional Study

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Table 1 Socio Economic Characteristics of the Participants (n=833)

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentages (%)
Gender
Male	569	31.6%
Female	263	68.3%
Age (years)
20–25	179	21.5%
26–30	127	15.2%
31–35	309	37.1%
36–45	217	26.1%
Nationality
Saudi	746	89.6%
Non-Saudi	86	10.3%
Marital status
Married	364	43.7%
Single	468	56.2%
Employment status
Employed	365	43.8%
Unemployed	28	3.4%
Student	307	36.9%
Housewife	132	15.8%
Monthly income
>5000 Saudi Riyals	475	57%
6000–10, 000 Saudi Riyals	95	11.4%
11–20, 000 Saudi Riyals	118	14.2%
<21, 000 Saudi Riyals	144	17.3%
Do you engage in any kind of physical activity on a weekly basis?
Yes	546	65.5%
No	286	34.3%

Figure 1 Participants responses towards physical activity at work.

Figure 2 Participants responses towards recreational activities (leisure).

Table 2 Participants’ Responses Towards Time Spent on the Various Physical Activities

Variables	Mean (SD)
How many days in a week do you engage in physically demanding activities for work?	6.35(1.531) Median (6)
How long do you typically spend at work engaging in activities of a vigorous nature?	5.13(0.930) Median (5)
How many days in a typical week do you spend engaging in activities of a moderate level of intensity for work?	6.03(1.718) Median (6)
How much time do you typically spend at work engaging in moderate-intensity activities?	5.61(1.393) Median (6)
How many days in a week do you travel by foot or bicycle for at least ten minutes at a time?	6.03(2.093) Median (7)
How many days do you engage in strenuous exercise, sports, or leisure activities on average each week?	4.74(1.416) Median (5)
How much time do you typically spend engaging in strenuous exercise, sports, or leisure pursuits? (Please indicate how many hours)	8.47(1.812) Median (9)
How much time do you spend on a normal day engaging in moderately intense sports, fitness, or leisure activities?	6.75(1.711) Median (8)
How much of your day do you typically spend sitting down?	6.74(1.577) Median (8)

Figure 3 Participants responses towards vigorous activities in a seven days of the week.

Figure 4 Participants responses towards moderate intensity activities in a seven days of the week.

Figure 5 Participants responses towards walking or bicycling in a seven days of the week.

Figure 6 Participants responses towards vigorous-intensity sports, fitness, or recreational (leisure) activities that cause large increases in breathing in a seven days of the week.

Figure 7 Participants responses towards moderate-intensity sports, fitness, activities that cause a small increase in breathing in a seven days of the week.

Table 3 Association Between Mean Sitting Time and Various Factors

Variables	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients	t	Sig.	95.0% Confidence Interval for B
	B	Std. Error	Beta			Lower Bound	Upper Bound
(Constant)	5.804	0.394		14.733	<0.001	5.030	6.577
Gender	0.187	0.114	0.055	1.640	0.101	−0.037	0.410
Level of education	0.190	0.057	0.115	3.341	<0.001	0.078	0.301
Employment	−0.197	0.052	−0.127	−3.757	<0.001	−0.300	−0.094
Marital status	0.140	0.110	0.044	1.267	0.205	−0.077	0.356
Monthly income	0.135	0.062	0.073	2.184	0.029	0.014	0.256
Physical activity status	0.624	0.125	0.191	4.977	<0.001	0.378	0.870
Type of physical activity	−0.060	0.024	−0.095	−2.444	0.015	−0.108	−0.012
Reasons for not practicing physical activity	−0.267	0.059	−0.152	−4.526	<0.001	−0.382	−0.151
Age group	0.054	0.049	0.037	1.101	0.271	−0.042	0.149

Table 4 Association Between Time Spend on Doing Vigorous-Intensity Activities at Work on a Typical Day and Participants’ Characters

Model	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients	t	Sig.
	B	Std. Error (SE)	Beta
(Constant)	3.692	0.209		17.672	<0.001
Gender	0.096	0.064	0.048	1.489	0.137
Education	0.021	0.032	0.022	0.650	0.516
Employment	−0.049	0.030	−0.053	−1.637	0.102
Marital status	−0.010	0.062	−0.006	−0.165	0.869
Monthly income	0.059	0.035	0.055	1.698	0.090
Physical activity status	0.765	0.071	0.397	10.771	<0.001
Type of physical activity performed	−0.010	0.014	−0.027	−0.727	0.468
Age group	0.057	0.028	0.066	2.061	0.040