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. 2005 Sep 13;2:12. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-2-12

Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants

Male (n = 600) Female (n = 609) χ2 or t
Age
 Mean 41.4 43.6 -2.33*
 SD 15.4 16.2

Education (% in each category) 0.96
 Less than high school 12.9 11.8
 High school 19.7 21.7
 Postsecondary 67.4 66.5

Income (% in each category) 43.46***
 <$30,000 9.3 23.3
 $30,000–60,000 30.9 34.9
 >$60,000 59.8 41.8

Location (% in each category) 0.64
 Urban 81.7 83.4
 Rural 18.3 16.6

Self-efficacy
 Mean 7.3 6.5 6.02***
 SD 2.3 2.4

LTPA (% active) 59.9 54.2 4.16*

* p < .05., ***p < 0.001