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Table 1 Sample description 1,2

From: Body weight dissatisfaction by socioeconomic status among obese, preobese and normal weight women and men: results of the cross-sectional KORA Augsburg S4 population survey

 

1:Lowest SES3

2

3

4

5:Highest SES

Total

Women

N = 550

N = 374

N = 538

N = 400

N = 261

N = 2123

Normal weight 4

127

23.1%

143

38.2%

227

42.2%

196

49.0%

163

62.5%

856

40.3%

Preobese

209

38.0%

133

35.6%

195

36.2%

136

34.0%

67

25.7%

740

34.9%

Obese

214

38.9%

98

26.2%

116

21.6%

68

17.0%

31

11.9%

527

24.8%

25-35 years of age

49

8.9%

65

17.4%

123

22.9%

99

24.8%

80

30.7%

416

19.6%

35-45 years of age

81

14.7%

82

21.9%

116

21.6%

108

27.0%

64

24.5%

451

21.1%

45-55 years of age

101

18.4%

75

20.1%

123

22.9%

95

23.8%

61

23.4%

455

21.4%

55-65 years of age

147

26.7%

92

24.6%

102

19.0%

65

16.3%

29

11.1%

435

20.5%

65-75 years of age

172

31.3%

60

16.0%

74

13.8%

33

8.3%

27

10.3%

366

17.2%

Married

395

71.8%

266

71.1%

376

69.9%

286

71.5%

150

57.5%

1473

69.4%

Single

27

4.9%

36

9.6%

87

16.2%

70

17.5%

80

30.7%

300

14.1%

Divorced/widowed

128

23.3%

72

19.3%

75

13.9%

44

11.0%

31

11.9%

350

16.5%

Urban place of residence

224

40.7%

153

40.9%

239

44.4%

199

49.8%

126

48.3%

941

44.3%

Rural place of residence

326

59.3%

221

59.1%

299

55.6%

201

50.2%

135

51.7%

1182

55.7%

Body weight satisfaction

235

43.8%

188

51.1%

278

53.0%

216

54.8%

160

61.8%

1077

51.7%

Body weight dissatisfaction

302

56.2%

180

48.9%

247

47.0%

178

45.2%

99

38.2%

1006

48.3%

MEN

N = 373

N = 394

N = 382

N = 435

N = 479

N = 2063

Normal weight

86

23.1%

94

23.9%

95

24.9%

119

27.4%

141

29.4%

535

25.9%

Preobese

173

46.4%

207

52.5%

193

50.5%

228

52.4%

260

54.3%

1061

51.4%

Obese

114

30.6%

93

23.6%

94

24.6%

88

20.2%

78

16.3%

467

22.6%

25–35 years of age

65

17.4%

70

17.8%

72

18.8%

96

22.1%

100

20.9%

403

19.5%

35–45 years of age

70

18.8%

65

16.5%

79

20.7%

99

22.8%

103

21.5%

416

20.2%

45–55 years of age

56

15.0%

75

19.0%

82

21.5%

92

21.1%

113

23.6%

418

20.3%

55–65 years of age

83

22.3%

92

23.4%

74

19.4%

92

21.1%

95

19.8%

436

21.1%

65–75 years of age

99

26.5%

92

23.4%

75

19.6%

56

12.9%

68

14.2%

390

18.9%

Married

289

77.5%

274

69.5%

295

77.2%

302

69.4%

326

68.1%

1486

72.0%

Single

49

13.1%

74

18.8%

67

17.5%

83

19.1%

115

24.0%

388

18.8%

Divorced/widowed

35

9.4%

46

11.7%

20

5.2%

50

11.5%

38

7.9%

189

9.2%

Urban place of residence

150

40.2%

190

48.2%

169

44.2%

198

45.5%

242

50.5%

949

46.0%

Rural place of residence

223

59.8%

204

51.8%

213

55.8%

237

54.5%

237

49.5%

1114

54.0%

Body weight satisfaction

255

71.6%

269

70.1%

247

65.7%

275

64.4%

301

63.8%

1347

66.8%

Body weight dissatisfaction

101

28.4%

115

29.9%

129

34.3%

152

35.6%

171

36.2%

668

33.2%

  1. Notes: 1Sex and age were used as stratification dimensions during sampling (for details, see text); 2table shows column %; 3SES: socioeconomic status; 4normal weight: 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25; preobese: 25 ≤ BMI < 30; obese: BMI ≥ 30.