Table 1 Study sample characteristics.

From: Cross-sectional associations of physical activity intensities and domains with recovery need and burnout risk among Flemish secondary school teachers

Sample characteristics (n = 1909)

Mean ± standard deviation (SD), %

Age (years)

41.1 ± 10.3

Sex (% of women)

77.3

Marital status (%)

 Single

19.6

 Not single

80.4

Being a parent (%)

72.0

Ethnicity (%)

 Caucasian

99.0

 Non-caucasian

0.7

 Mixed

0.3

Highest diploma (%)

 Secondary school degreea

2.3

 Post-secondary school degree

1.5

 Bachelor’s degree

56.7

 Master’s degree

38.5

 PhD degree

1.0

Weekly amount of teaching (hrs/week)

18.9 ± 4.8

BMI (kg/m2)

24.9 ± 4.6

Total physical activity (hrs/week)

29.7 ± 22.8

 Work-related walking (hrs/week)

6.5 ± 10.1

 Work-related MPA (hrs/week)

3.6 ± 6.5

 Work-related VPA (hrs/week)

0.8 ± 2.7

 Transport-related walking (hrs/week)

2.2 ± 3.7

 Transport-related MPA (hrs/week)

2.1 ± 3.9

 Leisure-time related walking (hrs/week)

1.8 ± 3.4

 Leisure-time related MPA (hrs/week)

1.1 ± 2.5

 Leisure-time related VPA (hrs/week)

1.5 ± 3.7

 Domestic MPA (hrs/week)

5.2 ± 6.1

 Garden MPA (hrs/week)

3.2 ± 4.5

 Garden VPA (hrs/week)

1.7 ± 4.0

Burnout risk (%)

25.5

 Emotional exhaustion£

2.4 ± 1.2

 Depersonalisation£

1.2 ± 0.8

 Person accomplishment£

4.0 ± 0.9

High recovery need (%)

55.4

 Recovery need$

2.7 ± 1.7

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index.
  2. aIn Belgium, people with a secondary school degree are allowed to teach some subjects in technical and vocational secondary education.
  3. $Recovery need: 6-point scale ranging from 0 to 5.
  4. £Emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation & personal accomplishment: 7-point scale ranging from 0 to 6 (Emotional exhaustion: higher scores = feeling more emotionally exhausted, depersonalisation: higher scores = feeling more cynical about their job, personal accomplishment: higher scores = feeling more competent at work).
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