Table 2 Baseline participant characteristics overall and by indicators of socioeconomic position (n = 774)
Characteristic | Overall | Sex | Parental education | Area-level disadvantage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Low | Medium | High | High | Moderate | Low | ||
n (%) | 774 (100) | 591 (76.4) | 183 (33.6) | 60 (7.8) | 198 (25.6) | 516 (66.6) | 258 (33.4) | 258 (33.3) | 258 (33.3) |
Age, years, Mean (SD) | 16.9 (0.5) | 16.9 (0.4) | 16.9 (0.4) | 16.9 (0.5) | 16.9 (0.4) | 16.9 (0.4) | 16.9 (0.5) | 16.8 (0.4) | 16.9 (0.4) |
Female (%) | 76.4 | - | - | 81.7 | 77.3 | 75.4 | 76.4 | 74.8 | 77.9 |
Dietary Guideline Index, Mean (SD) | 47.9 (13.9) | 48.5 (14.2) | 46.1 (13.2) | 42.8 (13.6) | 46.3 (14.1) | 49.1 (13.7) | 47.1 (13.9) | 46.2 (13.5) | 50.4 (14.1) |
Leisure time physical activity, MET min/week, Mean (SD) | 1852 (2209) | 1729 (2110) | 2248 (2464) | 1701 (2245) | 1636 (1995) | 1951 (2279) | 1991 (2417) | 1559 (2068) | 2003 (2106) |
Overweight or obesity (%) | 20.4 | 20.2 | 20.7 | 26.7 | 26.2 | 17.4 | 20.7 | 24.3 | 16.0 |
Capability (> 2 times/week, %) | |||||||||
 Shop for food | 25.7 | 28.4 | 16.9 | 31.7 | 29.3 | 23.6 | 29.8 | 22.1 | 25.2 |
 Plan meals | 32.7 | 34.7 | 26.2 | 31.7 | 31.3 | 33.3 | 32.3 | 30.2 | 34.5 |
 Make a shopping list | 16.8 | 18.3 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 17.8 | 15.5 | 19.0 | 15.9 |
 Prepare a meal | 18.4 | 20.5 | 11.5 | 16.7 | 19.7 | 18.0 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 16.3 |
 Help to prepare a meal | 41.1 | 44.3 | 33.3 | 40.0 | 41.4 | 42.1 | 43.8 | 43.8 | 37.6 |
Opportunity (Usually/always have, %) | |||||||||
 Fruit at home | 96.5 | 96.5 | 96.7 | 98.3 | 92.4 | 97.9 | 95.7 | 96.1 | 97.7 |
 Vegetables at home | 97.3 | 97.3 | 97.3 | 96.7 | 97.0 | 97.5 | 96.9 | 96.5 | 98.5 |
Motivation (Extremely - moderately confident eat healthy foods, %) | |||||||||
 At the shops | 43.2 | 42.5 | 45.4 | 31.7 | 34.9 | 47.7 | 38.2 | 43.4 | 46.9 |
 Hungry after school or work | 31.5 | 29.4 | 38.3 | 26.7 | 22.7 | 35.5 | 26.3 | 31.4 | 36.4 |
 With friends | 33.2 | 34.9 | 27.9 | 30.0 | 26.3 | 36.2 | 28.7 | 33.7 | 37.2 |
 Feeling down or stressed | 16.2 | 13.5 | 24.6 | 15.0 | 8.01 | 19.4 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 19.8 |
 Eating out | 33.5 | 32.4 | 33.8 | 30.0 | 24.8 | 37.2 | 29.5 | 31.4 | 39.5 |
 Alone | 43.0 | 42.8 | 43.7 | 36.7 | 33.8 | 47.3 | 43.0 | 40.3 | 45.7 |