Table 1.
Groups’ characteristics for body mass index, age, country of birth, relationship status, educational level, Centrality of Religiosity Scale scores, and media consumption (N = 230).
| Variable | Possible range | Muslim women (n = 66) |
Christian women (n = 90) |
Atheist women (n = 74) |
Group comparison |
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | F | df | P | ηp2 | ||
| Body mass index | 24.05a,b | 4.43 | 21.65c | 3.51 | 21.68c | 2.49 | 10.752∗∗ | 2 | <0.001 | 0.09 | |
| Age | 22.11 | 4.05 | 21.29 | 3.07 | 21.73 | 3.97 | 0.840 | 2 | 0.433 | 0.01 | |
| Number of participants | |||||||||||
| Born in Germany | 52 (78.8%)a,b | 89 (98.9%)c | 71 (96.0%)c | χ2 = 23.046∗∗ | <0.001 | 0.10 | |||||
| Being in a current relationship | 15 (22.7%)a,b | 46 (51.1%)c | 35 (47.3%)c | χ2 = 14.521∗ | 0.001 | 0.06 | |||||
| With university degree | 7 (10.4%) | 7 (7.8%) | 6 (8.1%) | χ2 = 0.388 | 0.824 | 0.00 | |||||
| Centrality of Religiosity Scale | 1–5 | 4.42a,b | 0.40 | 2.64b,c | 0.68 | 1.68a,c | 0.39 | 497.291∗∗ | 2 | <0.001 | 0.81 |
| Media Consumption | |||||||||||
| TV- and video-viewing hours | 1–7 | 2.57 | 1.57 | 2.38 | 1.34 | 2.50 | 1.50 | 0.317 | 2 | 0.729 | 0.00 |
| Reading of dieting articles | 1–4 | 1.80 | 0.77 | 2.00 | 0.72 | 1.85 | 0.68 | 1.630 | 2 | 0.198 | 0.01 |
∗∗p < 0.001; ∗p < 0.05. aDiffer significantly from Christian women (p < 0.05). bDiffer significantly from atheist women (p < 0.05). cDiffer significantly from Muslim women (p < 0.05).