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. 2018 Mar 25;15(4):586. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15040586

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of women (n = 72).

Current Sub-Study (n = 72) Entire Eligible Baseline READI Sample (n = 4349)
Characteristics n % n %
Smoking status
Never 46 63.9 2184 50.3
Former 22 30.6 1066 24.5
Current 4 5.5 1096 25.2
Marital status
Married/de-facto 64 88.9 2829 65.5
Separated/divorced/widowed 8 11.1 1493 35.0
Education
Did not complete tertiary education 43 59.7 3162 73.8
Completed tertiary education 29 40.3 1120 26.2
Self-rated health
Poor to fair 3 4.2 633 14.6
Good to excellent 68 95.8 3699 85.4
Children living at home?
Yes 57 79.2 2648 61.7
No 15 20.8 1642 38.3
Employment status
Employed full time 31 43.0 1613 38.1
Employed part-time 30 42.0 1245 29.4
Not in paid employment 11 15.0 1372 32.4
Country of birth
Australia 68 94.4 3851 88.9
Other 4 5.6 480 11.1
Household income (AUD)
Low ($0–699/week) 7 9.7 1117 25.7
Medium ($700–1499/week) 23 31.9 1522 35.0
High (>$1500/week) 32 44.4 762 17.5
Not disclosed 9 12.5 948 21.8
Hair dying
Yes 51 70.8 N/A N/A
No 21 29.2 N/A N/A
Mean SD Mean SD
Age 43.5 7.1 34.4 6.1
Body Mass Index (BMI) 26.3 5.9 26.1 6.1
TV viewing (hours/week) 20.4 21.7 25.2 25.1
Computer use (hours/week) 17.4 14.9 21.6 29.1
Overall sitting time (hours/week) 46.3 29.2 50.5 33.5
LTPA (hours/week) 4.6 5.9 3.4 4.6
Age 130.0 89.8

LTPA, Leisure-time physical activity; READI, Resilience for Eating and Activity Despite Inequality.