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Table 1 Participants' sociodemographic, professional and health characteristics

From: Teachers' characteristics predict students' guidance for healthy lifestyle: a cross-sectional study in Arab-speaking schools

  

Study participants

N=150

Characteristics

Category

N

(%)

Gender

Male

22

(14.7)

Female

128

(85.3)

Age

21-32

38

(25.3)

33-39

49

(32.7)

40-45

29

(19.3)

46-59

34

(22.7)

Family status

Married

131

(87.3)

Single, divorced or widower

19

(12.7)

Type of school

Primary

98

(65.3)

Secondary school

52

(34.7)

Appointment percenta

75% or less

43

(28.6)

76% and more

107

(71.3)

Tenure status

Yes

116

(77.3)

No

34

(22.7)

Chronic disease

Yes

14

(9.3)

No

136

(90.7)

  1. a32 teachers (21.3%) worked less than 50% of an appointment; another 11 (7.3%) worked between 50 and 75%. Those two categories were combined
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