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Table 3 Participant characteristics (at July 2018)

From: Sitting less at work: a qualitative study of barriers and enablers in organisations of different size and sector

Characteristic

Small business

Charity

Local authority

Large corporation

Total

Total number of participants

6

15

14

5

40

Total number of focus groups

2

3

3

3

10

Number of participants in each focus group

3, 3

4, 5, 6

4, 4, 6

3, 2

40

Total number of senior management-level participants

3

5

4

0

12

Mean age

31

38

41

43

38

Female (n)

1

9

10

4

24

Ethnicity

     

- White British (n)

6

14

11

5

36

- Other (n)

0

1

3

0

4

Highest educational attainment

     

- Degree or equivalent (n)

0

8

8

2

18

- Higher education (n)

1

1

3

0

5

- A level or equivalent (n)

3

1

1

1

6

- GCSEs grade A*-C or equivalent (n)

1

3

1

1

6

- No qualifications (n)

0

0

0

0

0

- Other (n)

1

2

1

1

5

Full-time (n)

5

13

13

4

35

Self-report % workday sitting time

     

- 0–25% (n)

0

0

0

0

0

- 25–50% (n)

0

1

0

0

1

- 50–75% (n)

1

3

8

0

12

- 75–100% (n)

5

11

6

5

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