Table 1 Baseline (2007–08) sociodemographic and health characteristics of participants in the READI study
Variables | N = 4349 |
|---|---|
Age (years) (Mean/SD) | 34.4 (8.1) |
BMI (kg/m2) (Mean/SD) | 26.05 (6.0) |
General Health %(N) | |
 Excellent | 9.1 (392) |
 Very good | 34.8 (1508) |
 Good | 41.5 (1799) |
 Poor or fair | 14.6 (631) |
Smoking %(N) | |
 Never smoked | 50.2 (2183) |
 Used to smoke | 24.5 (1066) |
 Smoke occasionally | 9.5 (411) |
 Current smoker | 15.8 (684) |
Area of residence %(N) | |
 Urban | 46.4 (2016) |
 Rural | 53.6 (2331) |
Marital Status %(N) | |
 Married | 65.5 (2829) |
 Widowed/separated/divorced | 8.5 (370) |
 Never married | 26.0 (1122) |
Education Level %(N) | |
 Low | 22.1 (946) |
 Medium | 51.7 (2216) |
 High | 26.2 (1120) |
Employment status %(N) | |
 Working full-time | 38.1 (1613) |
 Working part-time | 29.4 (1245) |
 Not working | 32.4 (1372) |
Number of children %(N) | |
 None | 39.4 (1678) |
 One | 18.5 (787) |
 Two | 25.5 (1086) |
 Three or more | 16.7 (713) |
Sitting time (hours/week) (Mean/SD) | 40.9 (21.5) |
Television (hour/week) (Median/IQR) | 16.5 (11–27) |
Computer (hour/week) (Median/IQR) | 9.5 (2.5–27.5) |