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. 2011 Jul 1;8:70. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-70

Table 2.

Population characteristics (% or Mean ± SD), for focus group and survey participants

Focus Groups
(N = 30)
Queensland Social Survey
(N = 1261)
Females 46.7 49.6
Age (years) 47.4 ± 7.1 52.8 ± 16.3
More than high school education (university/ technical) 53.3 53.8
Part or full time employed 86.7 59.0
Income Higher than $52,000 a year 53.8 26.8
Home internet use (hrs/wk) 8.7 ± 11.0 7.6 ± 11.5
High confidence using internet 64.0 -
Internet access at home 93.3 88.5
Overweight/obese (BMI ≤ 25) 75.9 65.6
BMI 29.1 ± 6.6 30.0 ± 14.6
Wants to become more active 90.0 -
Insufficiently Active 83.3 53.3