. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Feb 1;24(3):568–575. doi: 10.1002/oby.21382

TABLE 2.

Baseline social support by sex

	Overall	Males	Females	p-value^*
Structural Support
Married or living as married [N (%)]	178 (64.0)	54 (70.1)	124 (61.7)	0.189
Have children living at home [N (%)]	56 (22.0)	16 (21.9)	40 (21.0)	0.991
Household family size [Mean ± SD]	3.3 ± 2.0	3.1 ± 1.3	3.3 ± 2.2	0.185
Functional Support
Family and friends join physical activity [N (%)]	77 (27.7)	17 (22.1)	60 (29.8)	0.195
Family and friends shop and prepare food [N (%)]	139 (50.0)	50 (64.9)	89 (44.3)	0.002
Family and friends attend medical visits [N (%)]	73 (26.3)	9 (11.7)	64 (31.8)	<0.001

p-values are from Chi-Square tests of association for categorical variables, and t-tests for continuous variables, comparing males to females.