Costs and effects of a 'healthy living' approach to community development in two deprived communities: findings from a mixed methods study

Table 2 Views on healthy living

	Agree/responded to the question
"Healthy Living is important to me"	Interview 1	Interview 2
Community 1 general	33/37	16/17
Community 1 hard-to-reach	5/5	10/10 **
Community 2 combined sample*	46/48	11/12
*"I feel I understand how to live in a healthy way"*
Community 1 general	30/34	17/17
Community 1 hard-to-reach	5/5	8/10 **
Community 2 combined sample*	46/49	12/12
*"I think that I live in a healthy way"*
Community 1 general	25/34	12/17
Community 1 hard-to-reach	2/5	8/10 **
Community 2 combined sample*	43/48	11/11

* samples were combined to protect identity due to small numbers in samples at second interview
** at interview 2, a new sample of hard-to-reach residents was sought because of the high turnover of people in this group. There were fewer exclusions in the second sample, resulting in a larger final sample size than for interview 1.

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