Acceptability of financial incentives for maintenance of weight loss in mid-older adults: a mixed methods study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of Study A and Study B participants

		Study A (N = 130)		Study B (N = 28)
		n	%	n	%
Gender	Female	88	67.7	13	46.4
Gender	Male	42	32.3	15	53.6
Age Group	40–44	2	1.5	0	0
	45–54	10	7.7	4	14.3
	55–64	53	40.8	6	21.4
	65–74	54	41.5	15	53.6
	75+	11	8.5	3	10.7
SEIFA^a	1st Quintile (most disadvantaged)	18	13.8	2	7.1
	2nd Quintile	24	18.5	0	0
	3rd Quintile	23	17.7	3	10.7
	4th Quintile	35	26.9	6	21.4
	5th Quintile (most advantaged)	30	23.1	17	60.7
ARIA^b	Major city	85	65.4	27	96.4
	Inner regional	20	15.4	1	3.6
	Outer regional/ Remote/Very Remote	25	19.2	0	0
Weight status^c	Lost more weight	–	–	7	25.0
	Stayed the same weight	–	–	10	35.7
	Put on weight	–	–	11	39.3

^aSEIFA provides a summary of people living in an area representing the general level of socio-economic disadvantage of all the people in that area
^bARIA is calculated and is based on the road distance from a locality to the closest service centre
^cWeight status was self-reported (at the time of focus groups) and collected on from Study B participants only
Study A included the online survey and Study B was the focus group study

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