Table 4 Baseline characteristics in 1973–78 cohort ALSWH women based on highest achieved education † (n = 10 018)
From: Educational mobility and weight gain over 13 years in a longitudinal study of young women
Highest achieved education† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (21%) n = 2,087‡ | Intermediate (30%) n = 2,994‡ | High (49%) n = 4,937‡ | chi2/F statistic (P-value) | |
Baseline characteristics | ||||
Mean (Std Dev) | ||||
Age (years) | 20.8 (1.5) | 20.8 (1.4) | 20.7 (1.5) | 9.23 (<0.0001) |
Weight (kg) | 63.7 (13.1) | 63.6 (13.3) | 61.8 (11.1) | 23.6 (<0.0001) |
Height (cm) | 165.4 (7.4) | 165.7 (7.3) | 166.4 (6.8) | 18.4 (<0.0001) |
Age at birth of first child** | 25.3 (4.3) | 26.6 (4.1) | 29.1 (3.4) | 529.6 (<0.0001) |
Percentage (%) | ||||
BMI | * 44.3 (<0.0001) | |||
Underweight (<18.5) | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 | |
Normal weight (18.5 -24.9) | 62.3 | 66.4 | 73.5 | |
Overweight (25.0 – 29.9) | 18.9 | 16.5 | 13.3 | |
Obese ( ≥30.0) | 9.6 | 8.0 | 3.8 | |
Number of children | 509.9 (<0.0001) | |||
No children | 83.7 | 91.3 | 98.2 | |
1 | 12.3 | 6.8 | 1.5 | |
2 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | |
3+ | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.02 | |
Marital status | 704.0 (<0.0001) | |||
Never married | 62.3 | 71.5 | 88.7 | |
Married/de facto | 36.0 | 27.7 | 11.1 | |
Separated/divorced/widowed | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
Physical activity | 73.5 (<0.0001) | |||
Nil/Sedentary | 8.4 | 6.6 | 4.4 | |
Low | 40.1 | 37.6 | 35.4 | |
Moderate | 12.6 | 13.4 | 13.9 | |
High | 38.9 | 42.4 | 46.3 | |
Alcohol intake | 121.5 (<0.0001) | |||
Never/rarely | 48.8 | 42.8 | 36.9 | |
Low risk | 44.8 | 51.6 | 58.7 | |
Risky/high risk | 6.4 | 5.6 | 4.4 | |
Smoking status | 429.7 (<0.0001) | |||
Non-smoker | 40.9 | 47.8 | 65.2 | |
Ex-Smoker | 18.4 | 17.0 | 12.7 | |
Current smoker | 40.7 | 35.2 | 22.1 | |
Mental health (based on MHI-5) | 56.8 (<0.0001) | |||
Poor (≤52) | 24.4 | 21.5 | 17.1 | |
Good (>52) | 75.6 | 78.5 | 82.9 | |
Country of birth | 72.0 (<0.0001) | |||
Australia | 94.6 | 95.0 | 91.1 | |
Other English speaking | 3.6 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
Europe | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
Asia | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | |
Other (incl. Middle East) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | |
Area of residence | 420.3 (<0.0001) | |||
Urban (major cities) | 37.3 | 46.6 | 61.2 | |
Rural (inner regional) | 36.5 | 32.4 | 26.5 | |
Remote (outer regional/ remote) | 26.2 | 21.0 | 12.3 | |