Does availability of worksite supports for physical activity differ by industry and occupation

Purpose:To explore combinations of worksite supports (WSS) for physical activity (PA) that may assist employees in meeting PA recommendations and to investigate how availability of WSS differs across industries and occupations.Design:Cross-sectional.Setting:Several Missouri metropolitan areas.Participants:Adults employed >20 h/wk outside the home.Measures:Survey utilized existing self-reported measures (eg, presence of WSS for PA) and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire.Analysis:Logistic regression was conducted for 2 outcome variables: leisure and transportation PA. Independent variables included 16 WSS. Of particular interest were interaction effects between WSS variables. Analyses were stratified by 5 occupation and 7 industry types.Results:Overall, 2013 people completed the survey (46% response rate). Often, availability of 1 WSS did not increase the likelihood of meeting PA recommendations, but several pairs of WSS did. For example, in business occupations, the odds of meeting PA recomm...