Table 1

Characteristics of Survey Respondents

Categorical Variables
N = 1033
%




Gender (% female)
1033
68.6



Education (%):
1030




     ≤ High school

24.7



     Vocational/Some college

33.4



     ≥ College

41.9



Marital status (% married)
1026
68.5



Work outside home (% yes)
1031
63.5



Eat fast food ≥ 1/wk (% yes)
1031
51.4









Continuous Variables
N
Mean
SD
Minimum
Maximum

Age (y)
958
46.2
14.8
18.0
76.0
BMI
985
25.5
4.6
14.3
55.6
Household size (persons)
1029
2.6
1.4
1.0
10.0
Children
793
0.9
1.3
0.0
8.0
TV (hr/wk)
1021
11.2
9.8
0.5
41.0
Physical activity (30-min times/wk)
713
3.6
2.1
0.0
15.0
Frequency of dieting (1 = always, 5 = never)
1027
2.9
1.5
1.0
5.0

Jeffery et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2006 3:2   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-3-2

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