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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Huang, Wenxuan
• Hao, Lingxin
• Wu, Xingyun
• Yu, Xiao
• Cui, Erjia
• Leroux, Andrew

Titel

Gender difference in “second-shift” physical activity: New insights from analyzing accelerometry data in a nationally representative sample

Ist Teil von

• SSM - population health, 2023-12, Vol.24, p.101536-101536, Article 101536

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The gendered organization of daily activities results in differential contexts of physical activity (PA) for the working population, especially during the “second shift” – a time window dominated by household-based activities. Existing research predominantly relies on self-reported leisure-time activities, yielding a partial understanding of gender difference in the source, timing, and accumulation pattern of PA. To address these limitations, this study draws on the interplay between work and family to understand how they shape gender difference in household-based PA across occupational groups. It combines work schedule and accelerometry PA data from the 2005–2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which permits our study of second-shift PA on workdays among full-time workers, aged 20 to 49, with a regular daytime schedule. To capture different aspects of second-shift PA, the PA outcomes are measured as both volume and accumulation patterns during time windows following (i.e., 6pm–9pm) and prior to typical working hours (7:30am-8:30am). Using generalized estimating equations, we estimate gender differences in the volume and fragmentation of second-shift PA. Overall, women with a full-time job exhibit both higher volume and higher fragmentation of second-shift PA than their male counterparts. The occupational group moderates such gender difference in PA. The gender gaps in PA volume and fragmentation are only evident for professional workers, whereas the second shift represents a gender-neutral context for PA accumulation for non-professional groups. These findings are supported by a secondary analysis when analyzing the whole-day PA data using functional data analysis. Such social patterning of second-shift PA calls for further research on gendered PA under the interplay of work and family beyond the usual focus on leisure activities. •The “second shift” PA is measured using accelerometry data and work schedule.•Professional women exceed their male counterparts in second-shift PA, a pattern absent in non-professinal workers.•Analyzing accelerometry data provides insight to both PA volume and accumulation pattern uncaptured by self-reported PA measures.•Contextualizing PA accumulation is beneficial to making public health recommendations tailored to various groups.