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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2009 Jul;28(4):419–427. doi: 10.1037/a0015212

Table 1.

Sample Descriptives by Weight Category

Non-Obese (n = 2367) Obese (n = 625) Overall (N = 2922)
Mean (SD) or % Mean (SD) or % Mean (SD) or %
BMI 24.6 (3.1) 34.8 (4.6) 26.7 (5.4)

Demographics
Age (Years) 46.0 (13.4) 48.2 (11.9) 46.5 (13.1)
Black 5% 10% 6%
Other Race 5% 4% 5%
Female 48% 52% 49%

Socioeconomic Factors
Parental SEI 39.0 (13.9) 35.8 (12.9) 38.3 (13.8)
Adult SEI 40.5 (14.4) 37.9 (13.8) 40.0 (14.3)
< High School Education 8% 11% 8%
High School Education 25% 33% 27%
Some College Education 30% 31% 31%
College or Greater Education 37% 25% 34%
Median Household Income $52,000 $47,500 $51,000
Married 64% 66% 65%
Retired 10% 8% 10%
Unemployed 11% 14% 12%

Note: Means (SD) or %.