Table 1.
Demographics Comparison Between Participants Without Obesity (n = 178) and Participants With Obesity (n = 198)
| (A) Frequency Table |
(B) Contingency Table |
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| Measure | Non-obese | Obese | X2 / t | P | Measure | Non-obese | Obese | Total n |
| Mean age | 30.89 (0.45) | 31.84 (0.48) | −1.443 | 0.150 | n | 198 | 178 | 376 |
| Household income | 0.582 | 0.747 | Household income | |||||
| % Low income | 25.8 | 27.5 | Low income | 51 (52.66) [0.05] | 49 (47.34) [0.06] | 100 | ||
| % Middle income | 66.2 | 66.3 | Middle income | 131 (131.12) [0.00] | 118 (117.88) [0.00] | 249 | ||
| % High income | 8.1 | 6.2 | High income | 16 (14.22) [0.22] | 11 (12.78) [0.25] | 27 | ||
| Education | 4.477 | 0.214 | Education | |||||
| % High school/GED or lower | 8.1 | 8.4 | High school/GED or lower | 16 (16.32) [0.01] | 15 (14.68) [0.01] | 31 | ||
| % Some college | 27.8 | 21.9 | Some college | 55 (49.50) [0.61] | 39 (44.50) [0.68] | 94 | ||
| % College degree | 53.5 | 52.2 | College degree | 106 (104.79) [0.01] | 93 (94.21) [0.02] | 199 | ||
| % Advanced degree | 10.6 | 17.4 | Advanced degree | 21 (27.38) [1.49] | 31 (24.62) [1.66] | 52 | ||
| Employment status | 0.671 | 0.715 | Employment status | |||||
| % Working full-time | 75.3 | 78.1 | Working full-time | 149 (151.66) [0.05] | 139 (136.34) [0.05] | 288 | ||
| % Working part-time | 14.6 | 11.8 | Working part-time | 29 (26.33) [0.27] | 21 (23.67) [0.30] | 50 | ||
| % Not working | 10.1 | 10.1 | Not working | 20 (20.01) [0.00] | 18 (17.99) [0.00] | 38 | ||
| Sex | 0.100 | 0.752 | Sex | |||||
| % Female | 44.4 | 46.1 | Female | 88 (89.52) [0.03] | 82 (80.48) [0.03] | 170 | ||
| % Male | 55.6 | 53.9 | Male | 110 (108.48) [0.02] | 96 (97.52) [0.02] | 206 | ||
| Race | 5.405 | 0.144 | Race | |||||
| % White/Caucasian | 73.7 | 69.1 | White/Caucasian | 146 (141.65) [0.13] | 123 (127.35) [0.15] | 169 | ||
| % Black/African American | 17.7 | 15.7 | Black/African American | 35 (33.18) [0.10] | 28 (29.82) [0.11] | 63 | ||
| % Asian | 6.1 | 7.9 | Asian | 12 (13.69) [0.21] | 14 (12.31) [0.23] | 26 | ||
| % Other | 2.5 | 7.3 | Other | 5 (9.48) [2.12] | 13 (8.52) [2.35] | 18 | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.113 | 0.737 | Ethnicity | |||||
| % Hispanic | 9.1 | 10.1 | Hispanic | 18 (18.96) [0.05] | 18 (17.04) [0.05] | 36 | ||
| % Non-Hispanic | 90.9 | 89.9 | Non-Hispanic | 180 (179.04) [0.01] | 160 (160.96) [0.01] | 340 | ||
Note. (A) Demographic information is reported as the percentage of individuals belonging to each group. (B) Demographic information reported as the observed cell totals, (the expected cell totals), and [the χ2 statistic for each cell] “other” race includes those who answered American Indian/Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, or other. “Not working” includes those who answered not working, laid off, or homemaker.