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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Views of the public about Snacktivity™: a small changes approach to promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour

Participant demographics

All participants

N = 724

Age (years)

 ≤ 40

155 (21%)

 41–60

309 (43%)

 ≥ 61

260 (36%)

Gender

 Male

257 (36%)

 Female

462 (64%)

 Prefer not to say

5 (< 1%)

Employment statusa

 Employed

492 (68%)

 Unemployed

208 (29%)

 Other

24 (3%)

Ethnicityb

 White

620 (86%)

 Non-white

102 (14%)

 Missing

2

 

Patients N = 558

Socioeconomic Statusc

 Low

113 (20%)

 Medium

101 (18%)

 High

343 (62%)

 Missing

1

  1. aEmployed (includes full time paid employment, self-employed/ freelance and part-time paid employment), unemployed (includes retired from paid work, looking after the home/ family and unemployed) and other (includes other, student, sick/ disabled, seasonal part-time job, voluntary work, supply teacher, semi-retired, maternity leave
  2. bWhite (includes white) and non-white (includes Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Chinese, other Asian, black African, black Caribbean, black other, mixed, Korean, Arabic, Middle Eastern/Kurdish/North Iraq, Sikh Asian, Middle Eastern New Zealand/ Samoan and non-specified other
  3. cSocioeconomic status was collected from patient responders only, not staff