A RCT to evaluate a totally automated, culturally-adapted telephone counselor for increasing physical activity among physically inactive individuals in China

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics by treatment group or gender

	% or Mean (SD)
	All (n = 210)	Intervention (n = 109)	Control (n = 101)	p*	Male (n = 76)	Female (n = 134)	p*
Gender				NS
Male	36.2	36.7	35.6
Female	63.8	63.3	64.4
Age (year)	41.4 (7.20)	41.9 (7.36)	40.9 (7.03)	NS	40.0 (7.89)	42.2 (6.69)	0.036
Education level				NS			NS
Primary or below	1.4	0.9	2.0		1.3	1.5
Junior high	7.1	7.3	6.9		6.6	7.5
Senior high	39.5	41.3	37.6		38.2	40.3
Junior college	28.1	24.8	31.7		21.1	32.1
University or above	23.8	25.7	21.8		32.9	18.7
Marital status				NS			NS
Single	5.7	6.4	5.0		7.9	4.5
Married	85.2	85.3	85.1		80.3	88.1
Separated	0.5	0.9	0.0		1.3	0.0
Divorced	7.6	7.3	7.9		10.5	6.0
Widowed	1.0	0.0	2.0		0.0	1.5
Employment type				NS			0.037
Full-time	69.5	69.7	69.3		78.9	64.2
Part-time or temporary	9.0	10.1	7.9		10.5	8.2
Unemployed	10.5	10.1	10.9		7.9	11.9
Retired	7.6	7.3	7.9		1.3	11.2
Others	3.3	2.8	4.0		1.3	4.5
Smoking status				NS			< 0.001
Never smoker	76.2	77.1	75.2		36.8	98.5
Current smoker	17.6	16.5	18.8		47.4	0.7
Ex-smoker	6.2	6.4	5.9		15.8	0.7
Doctor-rated economic status				NS			NS
Rich	2.4	2.8	2.0		0.0	3.7
Comparatively rich	22.4	20.2	24.8		21.1	23.1
Average	60.5	62.4	58.4		63.2	59.0
Below average	12.9	14.7	10.9		14.5	11.9
Poor	0.5	0.0	1.0		0.0	0.7
Don’t know	1.4	0.0	3.0		1.3	1.5
Self-rated economic status				NS			NS
Rich	0.5	0.9	0.0		0.0	0.7
Comparatively rich	12.4	11.9	12.9		6.6	15.7
Average	63.8	64.2	63.4		64.5	63.4
Below average	21.4	21.1	21.8		26.3	18.7
Poor	1.9	1.8	2.0		2.6	1.5
Pay out-of-pocket for medical				NS			0.046
No	1.4	1.8	1.0		3.9	0.0
Yes	98.6	98.2	99.0		96.1	100.0

Study was conducted at Shenzhen, China between July and August 2009
NS: p < 0.05
* Student’s t-test for age; Fisher’s Exact Test for Pay out-of-pocket for medical, Pearson Χ² for all others

ISSN: 1471-2458