Table 1 Description of the study sample at baseline (wave 7) and 5-year follow-up (wave 12)
Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | Body Mass Index (mean) | N | Body Mass Index (mean) | |||
(Baseline) | Baseline | 5-year follow-up | (Baseline) | Baseline | 5-year follow-up | |
N | 4386 | 26.9 | 27.4 | 3788 | 26.1 | 26.8 |
Disadvantage tertiles | ||||||
Affluent | 1381 (36.5%) | 26.4 | 26.9 | 1561 (35.6%) | 25.2 | 25.9 |
Average | 1261 (33.3%) | 27.0 | 27.8 | 1494 (34.1%) | 26.2 | 26.9 |
Disadvantaged | 1146 (30.3%) | 27.3 | 27.7 | 1331 (30.4%) | 27.1 | 27.6 |
Dissatisfied | ||||||
No/ambivalent | 2640 (69.7%) | 25.6 | 26.3 | 2422 (55.2%) | 23.9 | 24.7 |
Yes | 1138 (30.0%) | 29.8 | 30.1 | 1940 (44.2%) | 29.0 | 29.5 |
Missing | 10 (0.3%) | 26.9 | 27.5 | 24 (0.6%) | 25.0 | 26.6 |
Perception | ||||||
Acceptable | 2174 (57.4%) | 25.0 | 25.7 | 2290 (52.2%) | 23.2 | 24.0 |
Overweight | 1391 (36.7%) | 30.6 | 30.9 | 1942 (44.3%) | 30.0 | 30.5 |
Missing | 223 (5.9%) | 21.2 | 22.6 | 154 (3.5%) | 20.2 | 21.4 |
Age group | ||||||
15–24 | 557 (14.7%) | 23.9 | 25.2 | 671 (15.3%) | 23.5 | 24.4 |
25–34 | 549 (14.5%) | 26.7 | 26.4 | 675 (15.4%) | 25.8 | 25.9 |
35–44 | 732 (19.3%) | 27.3 | 27.9 | 851 (19.4%) | 26.4 | 27.1 |
45–54 | 797 (21.0%) | 27.7 | 28.1 | 855 (19.5%) | 26.8 | 27.1 |
55–64 | 590 (15.6%) | 28.1 | 28.2 | 693 (15.8%) | 27.7 | 27.9 |
65–74 | 404 (10.7%) | 27.1 | 27.9 | 417 (9.5%) | 26.5 | 27.5 |
75+ | 159 (4.2%) | 26.2 | 26.1 | 224 (5.1%) | 26.2 | 26.0 |
Couple status | ||||||
Yes | 2652 (70.0%) | 27.4 | 27.7 | 2814 (64.2%) | 26.4 | 26.9 |
No | 1136 (30.0%) | 25.7 | 26.8 | 1571 (35.8%) | 25.6 | 26.6 |
Refused | 0 (0.0%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Education | ||||||
<=year 11% | 1044 (27.6%) | 26.8 | 28.0 | 1664 (37.9%) | 26.5 | 27.7 |
Year 12 to adv diploma% | 1892 (50.0%) | 27.0 | 27.5 | 1676 (38.2%) | 26.2 | 26.8 |
university | 850 (22.4%) | 26.6 | 26.8 | 1045 (23.8%) | 25.4 | 25.8 |
undetermined | 2 (0.1%) | 26.3 | 26.8 | 1 (0.0%) | 24.3 | 23.4 |
Percent unemployed | ||||||
0% | 3558 (93.9%) | 26.9 | 27.4 | 4090 (93.3%) | 26.1 | 26.8 |
1–24% | 95 (2.5%) | 26.2 | 28.4 | 112 (2.6%) | 25.3 | 25.9 |
25–49% | 47 (1.2%) | 25.3 | 26.7 | 68 (1.6%) | 25.5 | 28.0 |
50–74% | 36 (1.0%) | 26.0 | 27.1 | 45 (1.0%) | 28.0 | 25.7 |
75–100% | 52 (1.4%) | 26.0 | 26.8 | 71 (1.6%) | 27.2 | 27.8 |
Income quintiles | ||||||
1 (low) | 745 (19.7%) | 27.1 | 27.2 | 1082 (24.7%) | 26.8 | 27.1 |
2 | 840 (22.2%) | 26.7 | 27.6 | 976 (22.3%) | 26.3 | 27.1 |
3 | 902 (23.8%) | 26.8 | 27.4 | 951 (21.7%) | 26.4 | 27.1 |
4 | 729 (19.2%) | 27.0 | 27.6 | 787 (17.9%) | 25.6 | 26.9 |
5 (high) | 572 (15.1%) | 26.7 | 27.3 | 590 (13.5%) | 24.9 | 26.0 |
Geographic remoteness | ||||||
Major city | 2338 (61.7%) | 26.7 | 27.3 | 2719 (62.0%) | 26.0 | 26.5 |
Inner regional | 961 (25.4%) | 27.1 | 27.6 | 1112 (25.4%) | 26.2 | 27.1 |
Outer regional | 430 (11.4%) | 27.2 | 28.0 | 482 (11.0%) | 26.9 | 27.5 |
remote | 59 (1.6%) | 27.5 | 28.2 | 73 (1.7%) | 26.3 | 27.6 |