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Table 1 Socio-demographic description of the study population (n = 10,747), stratified for overweight and obese people

From: Association between overweight, obesity and self-perceived job insecurity in German employees

  

total

overweighta

obesityb

  

N

N

%

N

%

Total

 

10747

5216

 

1358

 

Sex

female

4951

1790

36.2

556

11.2

 

male

5796

3426

59.1

802

13.8

 

p-value

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

Age

17-29 years

1803

473

26.2

107

5.9

 

30-39 years

2754

1236

44.9

292

10.6

 

40-49 years

3384

1773

52.4

474

14.0

 

50-64 years

2806

1734

61.8

485

17.3

 

p-value

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

marital status

married/cohabitant

6984

3808

54.5

1008

14.4

 

single

2733

881

32.2

211

7.7

 

divorced

893

437

48.9

109

12.2

 

widowed

137

90

65.7

30

21.9

 

p-value

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

nationality

German

9975

4794

48.1

1253

12.6

 

non-German

772

422

54.7

105

13.6

 

p-value

 

< 0.001

0.062

educational level

grammar school (13 years)

3265

1368

41.9

288

8.8

 

secondary school (10 years)

3768

1767

46.9

469

12.4

 

compulsory school (9 years)

2655

1557

58.6

466

17.6

 

no schooling grade

184

100

54.3

31

16.8

 

other

631

338

53.6

83

13.2

 

not specified

244

86

35.2

21

8.6

 

p-value

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. a Overweight is defined by a BMI between 25 kg/m2 and 29.9 kg/m2. b Obesity is defined by a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more.