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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Employees’ healthy eating and physical activity: the role of colleague encouragement and behaviour

 

Fruit consumption

Vegetable consumption

Physical activity

 
 

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Range

Fruit consumption

4.73

1.40

     

Vegetable consumption

  

4.95

1.12

   

Physical activity

    

2.92

2.21

0–7

Perceived encouragement eating

2.22

1.22

2.22

1.22

   

Perceived encouragement physical activity

    

2.11

1.18

0–5

Female

0.58

 

0.58

 

0.57

  

Age

43.97

11.40

44.00

11.38

43.64

11.37

19–77

Education in years

13.72

3.52

13.70

3.53

13.79

3.48

3–21

Health

3.86

0.72

3.86

0.72

3.86

0.72

1–5

Partner

0.74

 

0.74

 

0.74

  

Children

0.50

 

0.50

 

0.50

  

Work hours per week

39.63

9.77

39.60

9.80

39.65

9.74

0–60

Physical work demands

3.17

1.45

3.17

1.45

3.15

1.45

1–5

Tenure in years

8.81

8.67

8.84

8.70

8.63

8.63

0–49

Working from home

1.73

1.37

1.73

1.38

1.74

1.38

1–7

WHP

       

Not available

0.46

 

0.46

 

0.44

  

Available but not used

0.33

 

0.33

 

0.42

  

Available and used

0.21

 

0.21

 

0.14

  

Team size

       

10 employees or less

0.39

 

0.38

 

0.39

  

11–20 employees

0.23

 

0.25

 

0.25

  

21 employees or more

0.38

 

0.37

 

0.35

  

Sector

       

Manufacturing

0.32

 

0.32

 

0.32

  

Healthcare

0.26

 

0.26

 

0.25

  

Higher education

0.22

 

0.22

 

0.23

  

Transport

0.09

 

0.09

 

0.09

  

Financial services

0.06

 

0.06

 

0.06

  

Telecom

0.05

 

0.06

 

0.06

  

Country

       

UK

0.05

 

0.05

 

0.05

  

Germany

0.06

 

0.06

 

0.06

  

Finland

0.03

 

0.03

 

0.03

  

Sweden

0.09

 

0.09

 

0.09

  

The Netherlands

0.21

 

0.21

 

0.22

  

Portugal

0.05

 

0.05

 

0.05

  

Spain

0.04

 

0.04

 

0.04

  

Hungary

0.18

 

0.18

 

0.18

  

Bulgaria

0.29

 

0.29

 

0.27

  

N

3111

 

3145

 

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