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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Evaluation of About Being Active, an online lesson about physical activity shows that perception of being physically active is higher in eating competent low-income women

Characteristic 1

Total sample (n=512) 2n (%)

Physically active 3n= 390 (%)

Not physically active 3n=122 (%)

Physically active ≥ 30 min/day 4n=362 (%)

Physically active < 30 min/day 4n=150 (%)

Identified with race/ethnicity choice (May Select > 1)

  Hispanic/Latino

19 (4)

15 (4)

4 (3)

14 (4)

5 (3)

  American Indian/Alaskan Native

8 (2)

4 (1)

4 (3)

2 (1)

6 (4)

  Asian

3 (1)

3 (1)

0 (0)

3 (1)

0 (0)

  Black/African American

30 (6)

22 (6)

8 (7)

16 (4)

14 (9)

  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

2 (< 1)

1 (< 1)

1 (1)

2 (1)

0 (0)

  White

475 (93)

364 (93.3)

111 (91)

338 (93)

137 (91)

Education level ns, **

  < High school

36 (7)

30 (87)

6 (45)

33 (9)

3 (2)

  High school grad/GED

180 (35)

139 (36)

41 (37)

130 (36)

50 (33)

  Some college/2 yr degree

168 (33)

130 (33)

38 (31)

120 (33)

48 (32)

  4 yr. College degree

126 (25)

89 (23)

37 (30)

77 (21)

49 (33)

Marital status

  Married/Living with partner

265 (52)

197 (51)

68 (56)

181 (50)

84 (56)

  Separated/Divorced

81 (16)

62 (16)

19 (16)

56 (16)

25 (17)

  Widowed

8 (2)

7 (2)

1 (1)

7 (2)

1 (1)

  Never married

156 (31)

122 (31)

34 (28)

116 (33)

40 (26)

SNAP Participation 5

273 (60)

209 (60)

64 (59)

199 (61)

74 (56)

Parent

403 (79%

301 (77)

102 (84)

283 (78)

120 (80)

Eating competence ***, **

  EC (ecSI ≥32)

190 (39)

164 (44)

26 (22)

151 (43)

39 (28)

  Not EC (ecSI <32)

302 (61)

212 (56)

90 (78)

200 (57)

102 (72)

EC Tertile ***, ***

    

  Low tertile

144 (29)

89 (24)

55 (47)

83 (24)

61 (43)

  Middle tertile

172 (35)

135 (36)

37 (32)

128 (36)

44 (31)

  High tertile

176 (36)

152 (40)

24 (21)

140 (40)

36 (26)

BMI Category ***, ***

    

  Underweight (<18.5)

12 (2)

11 (3)

1 (1)

11 (3)

1 (1)

  Normal weight (18.5 -24.9)

192 (38)

172 (44)

20 (16)

161 (44)

31 (21)

  Overweight (25.0–29.9)

131 (26%

99 (25)

32 (26)

91 (25)

40 (27)

  Obese ≥ 30

177 (35)

108 (28)

69 (57)

99 (27)

78 (52)

How satisfied are you with your current weight? ***, ***

  Very satisfied

32 (6)

28 (7)

4 (3)

29 (8)

3 (2)

  Satisfied

74 (15)

68 (17)

6 (5)

64 (18)

10 (7)

  Neutral

101 (20)

92 (24)

9 (7)

85 (24)

16 (11)

  Unsatisfied

151 (30)

120 (31)

31 (25)

107(30)

44 (29)

  Very unsatisfied

154 (30)

82 (21)

72 (59)

77 (21)

77 (51)

Food security status *, ns

  High food security

194 (42)

160 (46)

34 (31)

145 (44)

49 (37)

  Marginal food security

87 (19)

63 (18)

24 (22)

62 (19)

25 (19)

  Low food security

77 (17)

52 (15)

25 (23)

54 (17)

23 (17)

  Very low food security

101 (22)

75 (21)

26 (24)

66 (20)

35 (27)

Do you ever worry about not having enough money to buy food? ns, **

  Always

58 (11)

36 (10)

17 (14)

36 (10)

22 (15)

  Often

75 (15)

49 (14)

24 (20)

49 (14)

26 (17)

  Sometimes

152 (30)

108 (30)

33 (27)

108 (30)

44 (29)

  Rarely

122 (24)

101 (28)

20 (16)

101 (28)

21 (14)

  Never

104 (20)

67 (19)

28 (23)

67 (19)

37 (25)

Usual internet access

  Home

393 (77)

304 (78)

89 (73)

280 (77)

113 (75)

  Work

40 (8)

26 (7)

14 (12)

23 (6)

17 (11)

  Friend/Neighbor

11 (2)

8 (2)

3 (3)

7 (2)

4 (3)

  Family member’s home

17 (3)

13 (3)

4 (3)

13 (4)

4 (3)

  Library community center

38 (7)

29 (7)

9 (7)

30 (8)

8 (5)

  Other

13 (3)

10 (3)

3 (3)

9 (3)

4 (3)

Internet use frequency

    

  At least once a day

392 (77)

298 (76)

94 (77)

271 (75)

121 (81)

  A few times/week

102 (20)

77 (20)

25 (21)

75 (21)

27 (18)

  A few times/month

14 (3)

11 (3)

3 (3)

12 (3)

2 (1)

  A few times/year

4 (1)

4 (1)

0 (0)

4 (1)

0 (0)

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01, *** P ≤ 0.001, ns P > 0.05.
  2. 1 Statistical significance marks first compare being physically active or not, then compare being physical activity ≥ 30 min/day or < 30 min/day.
  3. 2 Sample size may vary due to missing responses.
  4. 3 Based on participant response to the question, “Do you consider yourself a physically active person? Yes or No?”.
  5. 4 Based on participant response to the question, 'Are you physically active 30 minutes or more per day or < 30 minutes per day?”.
  6. 5 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.