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. 2011 Jan 28;88(1):154–167. doi: 10.1007/s11524-010-9536-3

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics for the urban and rural neighborhoods

Urban participants (n = 175) Rural participants (n = 175)
Gender (%)
 Male 37.9 41.1
 Female 62.1 58.9
Age, mean (SD) 41.7 (13.5) 43.1 (12.8)
Education (%)
 Primary 2.3 6.9
 Secondary 20.9 43.7
 College/university 76.8 49.4
Employment status (%)
 Employed 67.8 68.6
 Not employed 32.2 31.4
Occupation (%)
 Blue-collar 10.6 28.0
 White collar 89.4 72.0
Body mass index, mean (SD)
 Males 24.5 (3.7) 25.2 (2.8)
 Females 23.3 (3.9) 24.1 (4.5)
Psychosocial variables, mean (SD)
 Modeling from family 3.5 (1.1) 3.3 (1.2)
 Modeling from friends 3.4 (0.9) 3.1 (1.0)
 Social support from family 2.4 (0.8) 2.3 (0.8)
 Social support from friends 2.4 (0.8) 2.2 (0.8)
 Self-efficacy 2.0 (0.5) 2.0 (0.5)
 Interest-related barriers 2.4 (0.8) 2.3 (0.8)
 External barriers 1.7 (0.7) 1.8 (0.7)
 Time-related barriers 2.9 (0.8) 2.9 (0.8)
 Health-related barriers 2.1 (0.7) 1.9 (0.7)
 Psychological barriers 1.9 (0.8) 2.1 (0.9)
 Psychological benefits 3.8 (0.7) 3.6 (0.8)
 Health-related benefits 4.3 (0.6) 4.2 (0.6)
 Appearance-related benefits 3.4 (0.9) 3.3 (0.9)
 Social benefits 3.2 (0.9) 3.3 (1.0)
 Pleasure-related benefits 2.6 (0.9) 2.9 (0.9)

SD standard deviation