Table 1 Characteristics of the surveyed population, Paris metropolitan area, France, 2005
| Â | Â | Men | Women | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Mean (sd)* | Mean (sd)* | Â |
Age | Â | 44.1(0.8) | 46.2 (0.9) | Â |
Body Mass Index | Â | 24.8 (0.1) | 23.8(0.1) | Â |
| Â | Â | %* | %* | p |
BMI class | Â | Â | < 0.0001 | |
| Â | < 18.5 | 1.3% | 7.3 | Â |
| Â | [18.50-25.00] | 57.5% | 60.0% | Â |
| Â | [25.00-30.00] | 33.5% | 23.0% | Â |
| Â | [30.00-35.00] | 5.5% | 7.5% | Â |
|  | ≥ 35 | 2.2% | 2.2% |  |
Monthly household income (quartile, in € per CU Ɨ ) |  |  | 0.19 | |
| Â | > 2362 | 26.5% | 23.6% | Â |
| Â | 1600-2362 | 24.6% | 23.6% | Â |
| Â | [1059-1600] | 25.2% | 26.7% | Â |
| Â | < 1059 | 23.6% | 26.1% | Â |
Education level | Â | Â | 0.15 | |
| Â | Tertiary | 52.5% | 50.3% | Â |
| Â | None or primary | 8.6% | 10.9% | Â |
Parental nationality | Â | Â | 0.0093 | |
| Â | Both French | 72.5% | 68.4% | Â |
| Â | Sub-Saharan African | 4.3% | 5.7% | Â |
| Â | Middle Eatern/ North African | 9.6% | 8.4% | Â |
| Â | Asian | 2.6% | 2.3% | Â |
| Â | Western European/ North American | 5.5% | 6.2% | Â |
| Â | One French and one foreign parent | 3.7% | 4.6% | Â |
| Â | Other | 1.9% | 4.5% | Â |
Proportion of life time spent in France | Â | Â | 0.024 | |
| Â | Less than 50% | 13.0% | 15.1% | Â |
| Â | 50% to 99% | 25.0% | 20.2% | Â |
| Â | 100% | 62.0% | 64.8% | Â |
Socio-occupational groups | Â | Â | <0.0001 | |
| Â | Executives, managers | 32.5% | 20.8% | Â |
| Â | Intermediate occupations | 18.5% | 25.2% | Â |
| Â | Tradespeople. shop and market salespeople | 6.6% | 3.0% | Â |
| Â | Employees | 13.2% | 33.6% | Â |
| Â | Workers | 22.1% | 4.2% | Â |
| Â | Never employed | 7.2% | 13.3% | Â |
Having had children | Â | Â | Â | 0.0001 |
| Â | Yes | 61.6% | 69.8% | Â |
| Â | No | 38.4% | 30.2% | Â |