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Table 3 Demographic details of study participants

From: Utility of telephone survey methods in population-based health studies of older adults: an example from the Alberta Older Adult Health Behavior (ALERT) study

 

Overall

Men N = 555

Women N = 741

P value

Missing data

Age

66.5 ± 8.2

66.2 ± 8.1

66.6 ± 8.3

0.39

10

BMI

27.2 ± 5.1

27.2 ± 4.2

27.1 ± 5.7

0.69

17

Marital Status

     

 Single

73 (6)

32 (6)

41 (6)

<0.001

6

 Married

846 (66)

409 (74)

437 (59)

  

 Common Law

41 (3)

19 (3)

22 (3)

  

 Divorced

123 (10)

38 (7)

85 (12)

  

 Separated

30 (2)

18 (3)

12 (2)

  

 Widowed

177 (14)

28 (7)

139 (19)

  

Education

     

 Some high School

143 (11)

62 (11)

81 (11)

<0.001

1

 High School

289 (22)

110 (20)

179 (24)

  

 Some College

231 (18)

79 (14)

152 (21)

  

 College/Univ Degree

565 (44)

252 (45)

313 (42)

  

 Trade

67 (5)

52 (9)

15 (2)

  

Income

     

 <20 k

79 (8)

28 (6)

51 (9)

<0.001

242

 20-39,999

226 (21)

69 (14)

157 (27)

  

 40-59,999

173 (16)

74 (15)

99 (17)

  

 60-79,999

161 (15)

76 (16)

85 (15)

  

 80-99,999

122 (12)

65 (14)

57 (10)

  

 >100 K

293 (28)

167 (35)

126 (22)

  

Employment status

    

3

 Full-time

361 (28)

191 (35)

170 (23)

<0.001

 

 Part-Time

140 (11)

49 (9)

91 (12)

  

 Unemployed, looking

24 (2)

8 (2)

16 (2)

  

 Not working, not looking

13 (1)

2 (0)

11 (1)

  

 Retired

678 (52)

275 (50)

403 (54)

  

 Homemaker

29 (2)

0 (0)

29 (4)

  

 Disability

22 (2)

11 (2)

11 (1)

  

 Retired but working

10 (1)

8 (1)

2 (0)

  

 Seasonal work

2 (0)

1 (0)

1 (0)

  

 Self-employed

14 (1)

8 (1)

6 (1)

  

Racial background

     

 Caucasian

1221 (94)

516 (93)

705 (95)

0.14

3

 Aboriginal

16 (1)

6 (1)

10 (1)

  

 Other

56 (4)

31 (6)

25 (4)

  

Comorbidities

     

 Cancer

239 (18)

106 (19)

133 (18)

0.613

0

 Diabetes

156 (12)

82 (15)

74 (10)

0.012

 

 Asthma

101 (8)

30 (5)

71 (10)

0.006

 

 Fibromyalgia

47 (4)

4 (1)

43 (6)

<0.001

 

 Osteoarthritis

345 (27)

86 (16)

259 (35)

<0.001

 

 Rheumatoid arthritis

114 (9)

48 (9)

66 (9)

0.921

 

 COPD

66 (5)

32 (6)

34 (5)

0.372

 

 Heart disease

146 (11)

79 (14)

67 (9)

0.004

 

 Stroke

33 (3)

16 (3)

17 (2)

0.594

 

 Bowel Disorder

95 (7)

32 (6)

63 (9)

0.067

 

 Thyroid condition

196 (15)

33 (6)

163 (22)

<0.001

 

 Kidney dysfunction

38 (3)

21 (4)

17 (2)

0.135

 

 Mood disorder

114 (9)

31 (6)

83 (11)

<0.001

 

 Internet access

1118 (86)

493 (89)

625 (84)

0.02

0

  1. Numbers may not equal 1,296 due to missing data.
  2. Data are presented as the mean (SD) for continuous variables (i.e., age, weight, and body mass index) and frequency (%) for categorical variables.
  3. Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants were compared using analysis of variance and chi square tests where appropriate.