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Table 1 Weight status by occupation and sociodemographic variables for the representative Australian population aged 20-64 years.

From: Occupational risk of overweight and obesity: an analysis of the Australian Health Survey

 

Male

Female

Socio-demographic

n

BMI mean (sd)

Over-weight %

Obese %

n

BMI mean (sd)

Over-weight %

Obese %

Occupation type

        

   Without occupation

1121

27.1 (4.8)R

38.6

25.1

2300

26.0 (5.9)R

28.0

20.7

   Manager & administrator

852

27.3 (4.4)

49.3

19.3

313

24.9 (4.8)b

27.1

13.4

   Professional

1100

26.4 (4.2)b

45.2

15.6

1162

24.9 (5.0)b

23.0

14.7

   Associate professional

808

27.3 (4.9)

45.9

23.1

656

25.2 (4.8)b

29.1

14.9

   Tradesperson

1262

26.6 (4.5)a

46.2

17.7

99

25.9 (5.8)

28.6

16.5

   Advanced clerical & SW1

44

28.3 (5.4)

50.4

27.3

339

25.0 (5.1)b

23.5

15.4

   Intermediate clerical

526

27.0 (5.0)

45.6

19.9

1314

25.4 (5.4)b

27.0

16.9

   SSW2

        

   Intermediate production & transport

867

27.4 (4.7)

43.0

24.3

101

25.6 (5.2)

25.7

23.1

   Elementary clerical SSW

305

25.8 (4.9)b

39.7

14.7

498

25.4 (5.2)a

29.4

16.3

   Laborers

528

26.3 (4.8)b

36.1

22.0

336

25.6 (5.1)

28.5

17.9

Age group

        

   20-34

2639

25.8 (4.8)R

38.6

14.7

2510

24.3 (5.5)R

22.4

12.8

   35-49

2689

27.4 (4.6)b

46.9

23.1

2628

25.6 (5.4) b

27.1

17.6

   50-64

2139

27.5 (4.4)b

46.8

24.2

2014

26.7 (5.1) b

32.4

23.0

Country of birth

        

   Australia/English-speaking

6190

27.1 (4.6)R

45.0

21.5

5890

25.7 (5.5)R

27.2

18.8

   Others

1276

26.0 (4.9)b

38.6

15.1

1262

24.3 (5.2)b

26.0

10.9

Social marital status

        

   Married/Defacto

4531

27.5 (4.8)R

47.9

23.0

4437

25.7 (5.6)R

28.7

18.0

   Other

2935

25.9 (4.4)b

37.9

16.4

2715

25.0 (5.1)b

24.1

16.5

Highest level post-school

        

   None/still at school

2878

27.0 (4.9)R

42.9

22.3

3104

26.0 (5.7)R

9.4

20.8

   Basic/skilled vocational

2261

27.2 (4.6)

45.0

22.4

1381

25.8 (5.6)

26.7

18.9

   Diploma

827

27.1 (5.0)

44.7

20.5

1068

25.2 (5.1)b

27.3

15.5

   Degree or higher

1500

26.1 (4.1)b

43.8

13.8

1600

24.2 (4.6)b

22.2

10.9

Household income quintile

        

   1st Quintile (highest)

608

26.9 (5.5)R

40.6

20.5

1217

25.9 (6.0)R

28.6

20.1

   2nd Quintile

664

26.4 (4.8)a

34.7

22.4

1127

26.1 (5.6)b

29.3

19.9

   3rd Quintile

1121

26.7 (4.8)

40.5

19.9

1633

25.4 (5.3)

25.5

17.8

   4th Quintile

1747

26.9 (4.7)

43.8

21.2

1266

25.3 (5.1)

28.0

16.4

   5th Quintile (lowest)

2626

27.1 (4.2)

49.0

19.7

966

24.9 (4.9)b

26.3

13.4

  1. 1 SW = Service worker
  2. 2 SSW = Sales & service worker
  3. R = Referent group
  4. a = p-value < 0.05
  5. b = p-value < 0.01