Table 3 Characteristics of focus group participants
Characteristic | N=66 | |
|---|---|---|
n | % | |
Gender | ||
Female | 37 | 56 |
Male | 29 | 44 |
Living arrangements | ||
Lives alone | 10 | 15 |
Lives with partner | 11 | 17 |
Lives with partner and child(ren) | 16 | 24 |
Lives with children | 1 | 2 |
Lives with parents | 1 | 2 |
Lives with parents and sibling(s) | 11 | 17 |
Lives with other adults* | 16 | 24 |
Occupation status | ||
Employed full-time/part-time | 33 | 50 |
Full-time homemaker | 7 | 11 |
Unemployed | 3 | 5 |
Student | 22 | 33 |
Retired | 1 | 2 |
Highest level of education | ||
Basic school | 6 | 9 |
A-level | 17 | 26 |
Vocational training | 11 | 17 |
University level | 32 | 48 |
Special diet | ||
Weight reducing diet | 13 | 20 |
Diabetic diet | 3 | 5 |
Renal diet | 1 | 2 |
Vegetarian diet | 5 | 11 |
Vegan diet | 2 | 3 |
No special diet | 42 | 64 |
BMI† (kg/m2) | ||
Less than 18.5 (underweight) | 3 | 5 |
18.5 to less than 25 (normal) | 20 | 30 |
25 to less than 30 (overweight) | 21 | 32 |
30 or more (obese, excluding morbidity) | 15 | 23 |
40 or more (morbidly obese) | 6 | 9 |
Unknown | 1 | 1 |