Table 3.
Demographics for the participants who expressed interest in the study (n=127 completed telephone screening) and for those who enrolled in the exercise program relative to data from the 2005-2009 census for XXXX County, XX
| Contacts | Exercisers | XXXX County | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % | n | % | % |
| Sex*±! | |||||
| Female | 97 | 76% | 43 | 80% | 51% |
| Male | 30 | 24% | 11 | 20% | 48% |
| Race*±! | |||||
| White | 91 | 72% | 47 | 87% | 63% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 20% | 6 | 11% | 32% |
| American Indian or Alaskan native | 5 | 4% | 0 | 1% | |
| Asian | 1 | 1% | 0 | 3% | |
| Multiracial | 2 | 1.5% | 0 | 1% | |
| Not Reported | 2 | 1.5% | 1 | 2% | -- |
| Ethnicity* | |||||
| Not Hispanic | 118 | 93% | 54 | 94% | |
| Hispanic | 8 | 6% | 0 | ||
| Not reported | 1 | 1% | 0 | 6% | |
| Age Group*^ | |||||
| <50 | 11 | 9% | 4 | 7% | |
| 50-54 | 34 | 27% | 12 | 22% | |
| 55-59 | 45 | 35% | 20 | 37% | |
| 60-64 | 32 | 25% | 17 | 32% | |
| >=65 | 5 | 4% | 1 | 2% | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married or living with partner | 39 | 72% | |||
| Divorced, separated, or widowed | 10 | 19% | |||
| Never married | 5 | 9% | |||
| Educational status (highest level attained) | |||||
| High school | 6 | 11% | |||
| Associate’s degree | 2 | 4% | |||
| Bachelor’s degree | 26 | 48% | |||
| Graduate degree | 20 | 37% | |||
| Income status | |||||
| <$20,000 | 2 | 4% | |||
| $20,000-$39,999 | 1 | 2% | |||
| $40,000-$59,999 | 6 | 11% | |||
| $60,000-$79,999 | 14 | 26% | |||
| $80,000-$99,999 | 10 | 18% | |||
| >$100,000 | 21 | 39% | |||
| Employment status | |||||
| Fulltime employment | 37 | 68% | |||
| Part-time employment | 3 | 6% | |||
| Homemaker | 4 | 7% | |||
| Retired | 7 | 13% | |||
| Unemployed | 3 | 6% | |||
| Smoking status | |||||
| Never smoked | 37 | 68% | |||
| Past smoker (all quit >16 yrs ago) | 16 | 30% | |||
| Currently smoke (1-2 packs/mo) | 1 | 2% | |||
| Menstrual status (women only) | |||||
| Regular | 3 | 7% | |||
| Irregular | 3 | 7% | |||
| Post-menopausal | 38 | 86% | |||
Note.
*
=County data from the 2005-2009 American Community Survey 5-year estimates for adults age 50-64;
±
=significant differences between contacts and XXXX County data;
!
=significant differences between exercisers and XXXX County data;
^
Percentages for age groups for the county reflect the number of adults within that specific age group relative to the total number of adults between 50-64.