Table 2.
Pre-baseline participant demographic data
| Age Categories | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle-Age (45–60 years) (n = 155) (M ± SD, %) |
Older-Age (> 60 years) (n = 704) (M ± SD, %) |
Total (n = 859) (M ± SD, %) |
|
| Participant characteristic | |||
| Age | 54.67 ± 3.63 | 69.43 ± 5.51 | 66.77 ± 7.22 |
| Physical activity guidelines met | 82.6% | 81.3% | 81.5% |
| Marital status (partner vs. no-partner) | 83.9 vs. 16.1% | 80% vs. 20% | 80.6% vs. 16.1% |
| Married or partnership | 76.8% | 80.0% | 80.6% |
| Single | 7.1% | 2.3% | 3.2% |
| Divorced | 6.5% | 7.4% | 7.2% |
| Widowed | 2.6% | 10.4% | 9.0% |
| Employment Status (non vs. employed) | (23.2% vs. 76.8%) | (86.9% vs. 13.1%) | (24.6% vs. 75.4%) |
| Full-time employment | 28.4% | 2.4% | 7.1% |
| Retired | 9.0% | 77.6% | 65.1% |
| Carer, volunteer, unemployed | 14.1% | 9.4% | 9.9% |
| Part-time or self-employment | 48.4% | 10.6% | 17.5% |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White British | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.4% |
| Mixed ethic groups | .6% | .6% | .6% |
| Education | |||
| Higher-education (e.g., degree) | 55.5% | 46.7% | 48.3% |
| Further-education (e.g., A-Level) | 28.4% | 25.9% | 26.4% |
| Primary-education (e.g., GCSE) | 15.5% | 21.3% | 20.3% |
| No formal education | .6% | 6.1% | 5% |
| Social economic status (household income) | |||
| £ < 10,000 | 1.3% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| £10,000–£20,000 | 9.7% | 15.8% | 14.7% |
| £20,000–£30,000 | 12.9% | 18.8% | 17.7% |
| £30,000–£40,000 | 9.0% | 15.6% | 14.5% |
| £40,000–£50,000 | 9.7% | 8.0% | 8.3% |
| £ > 50,000 | 30.3% | 11.1% | 14.6% |
| Unclear or not declared | 27.1% | 27.6% | 27.3% |
| Multiple deprivation index | 5.91 ± 2.72 | 6.68 ± 2.38 | 6.54 ± 2.46 |
Note: M = mean. SD = standard deviation. % = percentage. Multiple deprivation index 1 = most deprived, 10 = least deprived