Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1991
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INTRODUCTION
ADMINISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
SCORING INSTRUCTIONS
PASE scores are calculated from weights and frequency values for
each of 12 types of activity. Responses to the first question about sitting
activities are not scored. The PASE scoring form is shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1
Weight
PASE Activity Activity times
Item Type of Activity Weight Frequency Frequency
7. Light housework 25 b.
8. Heavy housework or chores 25 b.
9a. Home repairs 30 b.
9b. Lawn work or yard care 36 b.
9c. Outdoor gardening 20 b.
9d. Caring for another person 35 b.
PASE SCORE:
Hours
Days of Activity Hours Per Day of Activity Per Day
0. Never 0
1. Less than 1 hour .11
2. 1-2 hours .32
1. Seldom 3. 2-4 hours .64
4. More than 4 hours 1.07
1. Less than 1 hour .25
2. 1-2 hours .75
2. Sometimes 3. 2-4 hours 1.50
4. More than 4 hours 2.50
1. Less than 1 hour .43
2. 1-2 hours 1.29
3. Often 3. 2-4 hours 2.57
4. More than 4 hours 4.29
To Compute a PASE Score:
3. Multiply the activity weight by the activity frequency for each item.
4. Sum the activity weight by the activity frequency products for all 12
items. We recommend that these totals be rounded to the nearest
integer. PASE scores may range from zero to 400 or more.
An example of these scoring procedures is presented in Table 2 for a
respondent who had a part-time job, walked outdoors, and engaged in
light sports, activity, light housework, and lawn work during the previous
week. The PASE score for this respondent is 149.5, which may be
rounded to 150.
Respondent reports:
Weight
PASE Activity Activity times
Item Type of Activity Weight Frequency Frequency
PRELIMINARY NORMS
AGE GROUP
QUESTION 1
Example: Respondent watches the news every day for one hour.
On Tuesday, the respondent plays bingo for three
hours. Also, the respondent attends meetings twice a week.
One meeting lasts one hour, and the other meeting lasts two
hours.
Since the respondent watches TV every day, the interviewer would code
sitting activities as often (5-7 days). During the week, the respondent
reported 13 hours of sitting (7 hours of TV watching, 3 hours of Bingo, and
3 hours of meeting). Dividing the total hours/week (13) by the days
engaged in sitting activities per week (7) results in hours per day engaged
in sitting activities (1.9 hours; 1 but less than 2 hours).
QUESTION 2
The average time spent walking was 1 hour. One but less than 2 hours per
day is coded for walking.
Example: Three times a week, the respondent walks 3-4 times a day for
15 minutes.
Coding. Throughout the PASE, the number of days rather than the number
of occasions is coded. Therefore, the respondent walked sometimes (3-4
days). The respondent averaged 52.5 minutes of walking (3.5 times x 15
minutes) on those days, which is coded as less than one hour of walking
outside the home or yard.
Any leisure time, household or work related activity that involves walking is
coded entirely under the appropriate activity category (light, moderate, or
strenuous sport and recreation, muscle strength and endurance, or work-
related). Hence, walking as part of golf would be coded only as moderate
sport and recreation (Question 4) and not as walking (Question 2).
QUESTION 3
Example: The respondent plays golf 4 days per week for 4 hours/day.
Three days a week, the golfer uses a power cart. One day a
week the golfer walks the course either pulling a cart, carrying
the clubs, or the caddy carries the clubs.
Only golf with the power cart would be coded under light sport and
recreation. Specifically, the respondent golfed with a cart sometimes (3-4
days/week) for 2-4 hours/day. Golfing without a cart would be marked
under moderate sport and recreation as seldom (1-2 days) for 2-4 hours
per day. Putting or hitting golf balls at a driving range are coded for light
sport and recreation.
QUESTION 4
Gardening and lawn work are not coded under leisure time activities.
Gardening and lawn work are considered household activities. Question
9B addresses lawn work, and Question 9C pertains to gardening.
QUESTION 5
Example: The respondent swims laps but considers the activity light
rather than strenuous sport and recreation.
QUESTION 6
QUESTION 7
Drying dishes, clothes washing, ironing, hanging up laundry, taking out the
garbage, and preparing meals are considered light housework. (See
Appendix A.)
QUESTION 8
QUESTION 9A
QUESTION 9B
Outdoor gardening is coded “no”. Only activities performed during the past
seven days are coded.
QUESTION 9D
QUESTION 10
Example: The respondent works half the time sitting or standing with
some walking, and the other half of the time walking, with some
handling of materials.
Higher rather than lower activity levels are coded if the respondent
indicates two categories of physical activity required on the job or
volunteer work.