Work activity and leisure physical activity: analyses for males in English Canada and French Canada
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ABSTRACT:
This paper reports on secondary analyses of data obtained from a national sample of employed males who completed a questionnaire as part of a Labor Force Survey in Canada. The analyses test two contradictory hypotheses relating characteristics of work participation in physical exercise and sport. The contrast hypothesis predicts that it is primarily people whose jobs are sedentary who will engage in sport and physical recreation, other things being equal. According to the competing congruence hypothesis, the activity levels of one's working and leisure hours will be comparable. Analyses are conducted for English Canadians and French Canadians separately with controls for hours worked, education, income, age, marital status, region and community size. The findings generally support the contrast hypothesis, though more so for English Canadians than for French Canadians. Also, as expected, respondents whose work was not physically demanding were more likely to explain their exercise on health grounds, in answer to a question on reasons for exercise. We conclude with some observations concerning implications of the results for assessment of the effectiveness of programs designed to promote physical health.
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