Table 1.
Sample characteristics.
| Country | |||||||
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| Total Sample | Australia | Canada | France | Germany | United Kingdom | United States | |
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| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 5.0 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Female | 94.9 | 97.4 | 93.7 | 96.4 | 95.0 | 93.8 | 94.5 |
| Other | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Race/Ethnicitya | |||||||
| White | 94.5 | 97.2 | 95.3 | -- | -- | 96.2 | 90.8 |
| Non-White | 5.5 | 2.8 | 4.7 | -- | -- | 3.8 | 9.2 |
| Education | |||||||
| College Degree (eqv) | 49.0 | 47.5 | 41.4 | 65.9 | 21.0 | 48.8 | 69.7 |
| No College Degree (eqv) | 51.0 | 52.5 | 58.6 | 34.1 | 79.0 | 51.2 | 30.3 |
| Marital Statusb | |||||||
| Married | 65.2 | 68.5 | 71.1 | 54.1 | 62.8 | 65.6 | 70.2 |
| Not Married | 34.8 | 31.5 | 28.9 | 45.9 | 37.2 | 34.4 | 29.8 |
| BMI Category | |||||||
| < 18.5 kg/m2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 18.5 – 24.9 kg/m2 | 19.5 | 15.6 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 17.6 | 19.8 | 20.9 |
| 25 – 29.9 kg/m2 | 35.6 | 36.7 | 33.3 | 41.1 | 36.1 | 34.4 | 32.5 |
| ≥ 30 kg/m2 | 44.8 | 47.7 | 45.8 | 38.2 | 46.3 | 45.6 | 46.4 |
| Experienced Weight Stigma | |||||||
| Any | 57.9 | 56.1 | 61.3 | 55.6 | 55.6 | 58.0 | 59.6 |
| None | 42.1 | 43.9 | 38.7 | 44.4 | 44.4 | 42.0 | 40.4 |
| Age (M, SD) | 52.2 ±12.8 | 54.4 ±11.4 | 56.3 ±12.5 | 49.0 ±12.7 | 47.3 ±10.7 | 50.3 ±12.4 | 56.9 ±12.9 |
| BMI (M, SD) | 30.5 ±6.7 | 31.1 ±6.7 | 30.7 ±7.0 | 29.3 ±5.6 | 30.6 ±6.2 | 30.9 ±7.3 | 30.8 ±7.1 |
| N | 13996 | 1245 | 2708 | 2510 | 2613 | 2305 | 2615 |
Note.
a
Collection of race/ethnicity data was prohibited in France and Germany.
b
’Not married’ comparison group includes individuals who reported a marital status other than “married” (e.g., divorced, widowed, separated, single).