Evaluation of health enhancing physical activity by using the data of the time use survey 2006 Turkey

In the scope of Turkish Statistictical Institute Time Use Survey 2006 (TUS-2006), 5070 house 11 thousand 815 household has been reached. In a sample that is resembling Turkey, household were asked to record daily activities during one designated weekday and weekend days for each houses and data set was gathered by coding in computer. This dissertation was planned as a seconder analysis of tha micro data set of the TUS-2006. By converting physical activity levels of the participants in metabolic equivalent (MET) values, health-enhancing physical activity levels were evaluated. For this evaluation, activities that is recorded in minutes were multiplied with the values from American Time Use Survey Compendium of Physical Activities. Activities with the metabolic equivalent that is more than 3 MET were taken into account. One-way ANOVA, effect size and lineer regression analysis was conducted with confidence interval of 95%. According to results concerning to weekday values, being female, being in 25-44 years age group, to have worked in a paid job in the last week, having primary school and less education level, living in rural region, having good percieved health status, and being in the least wealth level were found to be among the characteristics that increase health-enhancing physical activity levels. By using the data of TUS which are also started to be done regularly in our country, defining the factors affecting health-enhancing physical activity, establishing policies on this topic and evaluating of the effect of the policies by monitoring the trend of changes in time will be possible. From this scope this dissertation is an attempt of foundation of the basis of the methodology for the following researches on this topic. Key words: health-enhancing physical activity, time use survey, effect size, metabolic equivalent (MET), Turkey