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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (n = 2398)

From: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to dietary salt among adults in the state of Victoria, Australia 2015

Characteristic

Survey sample (unweighted)

Survey sample (weighted)a

Victorian Population

n or mean

% or SD

% or mean

%

Gender

 Male

1046

43.6%

47.5%

49.3%c

 Female

1352

56.4%

52.5%

51.7%

Age (years) (mean, SD)

42.7

13.4

41.3

 

 Males (mean, SD)

43.0

12.9

40.7

 

 Females (mean, SD)

42.6

13.8

42.0

 

Age group

 18–24 y

251

10.5%

14.5%

15.0%c

 25–34 y

512

21.3%

21.4%

22.1%

 35–44 y

527

22.0%

21.8%

22.5%

 45–54 y

514

21.4%

20.4%

21.1%

 55–65 y

594

24.8%

22.0%

19.3%

Country of Birth

 Australia

1915

79.9%

80.0%

 

 United Kingdom

86

3.5%

3.5%

 

 New Zealand

29

1.2%

1.2%

 

 Italy

10

0.4%

0.4%

 

 Greece

11

0.5%

0.5%

 

 China

30

1.2%

1.3%

 

 Vietnam

14

0.6%

0.6%

 

 Lebanon

4

0.2%

0.2%

 

 Other

271

11.3%

11.1%

 

 Prefer not to answer or don’t know

28

1.2%

1.2%

 

Do you speak a language other than English at home?

 Yes

409

17.0%

17.8%

 

 No, English only

1969

82.1%

81.3%

 

 Prefer not to answer or don’t know

20

0.8%

0.9%

 

Socioeconomic statusb

 High SES

1020

42.9%

43.0%

28.1%d

 Mid SES

675

28.4%

27.7%

27.0%

 Low SES

682

28.7%

29.3%

42.9%

 Height (cm) (mean, SD)

169.3

10.2

169.8

 

 Weight (Kg) (mean, SD)

77.6

18.7

77.5

 

 BMI (kg/m2) (mean, SD)

27

6.1

26.8

 

Weight category

 Underweight

68

3.2%

3.5%

 

 Healthy weight

846

39.6%

40.7%

 

 Overweight

690

32.3%

31.9%

 

 Obese

532

24.9%

23.9%

 
  1. aDemographic characteristics weighted for age and gender
  2. b n = 2377 as participants who responded “don’t know” n = 3 or “prefer not to answer” n = 18 were excluded.
  3. cData taken from the 2011 Australian Census and reflects the proportion of adults aged 18–65 years residing in Victoria [19]
  4. dData taken from 2016 Survey of Education and Work and includes information on educational attainment in Victorian adults aged 15–74 years. Consistent with our definition of SES we grouped the following responses into each group. Low SES: ‘Year 12 or equivalent’, ‘Year 11’, ‘Year 10’ or ‘Below Year 10’; mid SES: ‘Certificate III/IV’ or ‘Advanced Diploma/Diploma’; high SES: ‘Bachelor Degree’, ‘Graduate Diploma/Graduate Certificate’ or ‘Postgraduate Degree’ [52]