Table 1.
Participants included for each research question
| RQ1 | RQ2 | RQ3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 42* | n = 26* | n = 102* | |
| Sex (%) | |||
| Male | 45 | 42 | 42 |
| Female | 55 | 58 | 58 |
| Mean age in years (SD) | 46.2 (11.1) | 45.4 (12.1) | 45.1 (10.9) |
| BMI classification (%) | |||
| Underweight/normal weight | 52.4 | 60.0 | 61.6 |
| Overweight | 35.7 | 28.0 | 30.3 |
| Obese | 11.9 | 12.0 | 6.1 |
| Education (%) | |||
| Degree or equivalent | 85.7 | 84.1 | 83.5 |
| Less than degree | 14.3 | 25.9 | 16.5 |
| Occupation (%) | |||
| Sedentary | 76.2 | 72.7 | 77.2 |
| Standing/manual/heavy manual work | 23.8 | 27.3 | 22.8 |
| Home ownership (%) | |||
| Owner | 71.4 | 80.0 | 81.4 |
| Other | 28.6 | 20.0 | 18.6 |
| Home location (%) | |||
| Urban (settlement size >10,000 inhabitants) | 50.0 | 59.1 | 56.9 |
| Town and fringe | 28.6 | 17.1 | 20.6 |
| Village and hamlet | 21.4 | 23.8 | 22.5 |
| Long standing illness (%) | |||
| Yes | 7.1 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| No | 92.9 | 95.5 | 97.1 |
RQ: Research Question. Some small categories have been combined. For example, few participants were classified as underweight, and these were therefore grouped with those of normal weight.
*In RQ1 participants are not the unit of analysis, whereas for RQ2 and RQ3 participants are the units of analysis.