Table 1.
Demographics of Australian adults by tracker use and interest
| Uses/d tracker n=468 n (%) |
Interested n=209 n (%) |
Not interested n=580 n (%) |
Total N=1253 n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Males | 192 (41) | 102 (49) | 322 (56) | 616 (49) |
| Females | 275 (59) | 107 (51) | 255 (44) | 637 (51) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| Under 55 | 257 (55) | 127 (61) | 230 (40) | 614 (49) |
| Over 55 | 210 (45) | 82 (39) | 347 (60) | 639 (51) |
| Employment | ||||
| Not employed | 154 (33) | 74 (35) | 315 (54) | 541 (43) |
| Part time | 105 (23) | 49 (23) | 80 (14) | 234 (19) |
| Full time | 208 (44) | 86 (41) | 184 (32) | 478 (38) |
| Education | ||||
| Less than tertiary | 127 (27) | 72 (34) | 250 (43) | 449 (36) |
| Technical college | 91 (20) | 52 (25) | 125 (22) | 268 (21) |
| University | 249 (53) | 85 (41) | 202 (35) | 536 (43) |
| BMI | ||||
| Obese | 122 (26) | 65 (31) | 145 (25) | 332 (27) |
| Overweight | 164 (35) | 63 (30) | 222 (39) | 449 (36) |
| Normal | 181 (39) | 81 (39) | 210 (36) | 472 (38) |
| Physical activity | ||||
| Inactive | 125 (27) | 77 (37) | 242 (42) | 444 (35) |
| Active | 342 (73) | 132 (63) | 335 (58) | 809 (65) |
| Chronic disease | ||||
| No | 221 (47) | 106 (51) | 235 (41) | 562 (45) |
| Yes | 246 (53) | 103 (49) | 342 (59) | 691 (55) |
Participants who had missing data on any of the included demographics were excluded (n=96).
BMI, body mass index.