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Table 2 Sociodemographic and health characteristics of the participants

From: The need to modify physical activity messages to better speak to older African American women: a pilot study

Ā 

Total

Active focus group

Inactive focus group

(nā€‰=ā€‰10)

(nā€‰=ā€‰5)

(nā€‰=ā€‰5)

Age (mean, SD)

66.7 (5.98)

64 (4.85)

69.4 (6.23)

Education (n)

ā€ƒHigh School

2

ā€“

2

ā€ƒSome College

3

3

ā€“

ā€ƒCollege or more

5

2

3

Marital status (n)

ā€ƒMarried

5

3

2

ā€ƒDivorced/Separated or widowed

5

2

3

Engaged in any religion (n)

ā€ƒYes

10

5

5

Children (n)

ā€ƒYes

9

5

4

Living status (n)

ā€ƒAlone

3

1

2

ā€ƒSomeone live with me

7

4

3

Income (n)

ā€ƒ$ 20,000 ā€“ $ 29,999

1

1

ā€“

ā€ƒ$ 30,000 ā€“ $ 39,999

4

ā€“

4

ā€ƒ$ 40,000 ā€“ $ 49,999

1

1

ā€“

ā€ƒ$ 50,000 and over

4

3

1

Self-reported health (n)

ā€ƒGood

6

3

3

ā€ƒVery good

4

2

2

Do you believe that one can improve health though exercise, balance diet, and stop smoking? (n)

ā€ƒYes

10

5

5

Chronic disease (n)

ā€ƒ0

3

2

1

ā€ƒ1 ā€“ 2

4

3

1

ā€ƒā‰„3

3

ā€“

3

Medication (n)

ā€ƒ0

4

3

1

ā€ƒ1 ā€“ 2

4

2

2

ā€ƒā‰„3

2

ā€“

2

Health Insurance (n)

ā€ƒYes

9

4

5

BMI (Kg/m2)

29.48 (3.84)

28.48 (4.07)

30.48 (3.76)

Difficult in ADL or IADL (n)

ā€ƒYesa

1

ā€“

1

ā€ƒNo

9

5

4

  1. BMI Body mass index
  2. aParticipant reported some difficult in walking