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. 2012 May 25;16(1):65–72. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012002844

Table 1.

Selected characteristics of participants in the Sur Healthy Lifestyle Survey, Oman, 2006

Men (n 591) Women (n 744) Total (n 1335)
% Unweighted n % Unweighted n % Unweighted n
Age (years)
Mean 37·7 35·2 36·3
sd 13·5 11·4 12·5
Education
Less than secondary 41·1 243 43·2 321 42·3 564
Secondary 37·4 221 21·1 157 28·3 378
Post-secondary 21·5 127 35·8 266 29·4 393
Work status
Employed 78·0 461 41·7 310 57·8 771
Not employed 22·0 130 58·3 434 42·3 564
Marital status
Not married 33·5 198 42·3 315 38·4 513
Married 66·5 393 57·7 429 61·6 822
Fruit and vegetable intake
<2 servings/d 52·5 310 48·5 361 50·3 671
≥2 servings/d 47·6 281 51·5 383 49·7 664
Currently smoke
No 79·2 468 99·7 742 90·6 1210
Yes 20·8 123 0·3 2 9·36 125
BMI (kg/m2)
Mean 26·4 29·2 28·0
sd 5·0 7·0 6·4
Physical inactivity
Low work† 32·1 190 18·4 137 24·5 327
No transport 25·5 151 34·4 256 30·5 407
No leisure 43·8 259 64·5 480 55·4 739
Sitting (min/d)
Median 180 120 120
25th, 75th percentile 120, 300 60, 199 90, 240

†Low work = lowest quartile.