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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2011 Dec 6;108(6):1134–1142. doi: 10.1017/S0007114511006258

Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics of employees at Move'M worksites

Females
(n=399)
Males
(n=348)
n %a n %a
Age (yrs)
   < 25 30 7.5 32 9.2
   25 to 39 154 38.6 132 37.9
   40 to 54 157 39.4 116 33.3
   55+ 58 14.5 67 19.3
Race
   Non-Hispanic White 261 65.4 233 67.0
   Hispanic 32 8.0 28 8.1
   Black or African American 40 10.0 25 7.2
   Asian 37 9.3 36 10.3
   Otherb 27 6.8 22 6.3
Education
   Less than high school 18 4.5 9 2.6
   High school graduate or GED 194 48.6 159 45.7
   Technical college 24 6.0 22 6.3
   College 105 26.3 127 36.5
   Postgraduate or professional degree 57 14.3 28 8.1
Household income
   <$25,000 24 6.0 21 6.0
   $25,000 to 49,000 108 27.1 62 17.8
   $50,000 to 74,999 78 19.6 82 23.6
   $75,000 to 100,000 73 18.3 45 12.9
   >$100,000 65 16.3 82 23.6
BMI (kg/m2)
   <18.5     ("underweight") 5 1.3 0 0.0
   18.5 to 24.99 ("normal") 122 30.6 62 17.8
   25 to 29.99 ("overweight") 80 20.1 113 32.5
   30+    ("obese") 147 36.8 119 34.2
Daily servings fruits/vegetables
   <1 11 2.8 7 2.0
   1 to 2 167 41.9 194 55.8
   3 to 4 164 41.1 107 30.8
   5+ 56 14.0 37 10.6
Soft drink/soda (diet or regular) consumption
   Never 91 22.8 41 11.8
   Less than once a week 96 24.1 60 17.2
   About once a week 40 10.0 36 10.3
   2–5 times per week 81 20.3 84 24.1
   About once a day 52 13.0 76 21.8
   2 or more times per day 38 9.5 48 13.8
Eating while doing another activity
   Never 16 4.0 21 6.0
   Seldom 59 14.8 79 22.7
   Sometimes 161 40.4 137 39.4
   Most of the time/Always 162 40.6 108 31.0
Meanc SD Meanc SD
BMI 29.7 8.1 29.8 6.0
Servings fruits/vegetables 3.0 1.8 2.6 1.8
Fast food meals per month 5.3 6.8 6.8 7.8
Free time physical activity score 25.1 20.6 31.3 28.9
Obesity and Weight-Loss Quality of Life total score 69.5 24.7 86.0 16.3
Work Limitations Productivity Loss Score 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.0

Move'M, Move and Moderate in Balance; GED, General Equivalency Diploma

a

Percents may not sum to 100% due to rounding or missing data

b

Other includes Native American or Alaskan Native, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or self-specified

c

Arithmetic mean