Table 1 Informants characteristics
Characteristics | Total (N = 29) |
|---|---|
Sociodemographic variables | N (%) |
Gender | |
Females | 17 (59) |
Males | 12 (41) |
Age | |
18–29 | 3 (10) |
30–39 | 5 (17) |
40–49 | 12 (42) |
50–59 | 7 (24) |
> 60 | 2 (7) |
Civil status | |
Single/Separated | 18 (62) |
Partner/Married | 11 (38) |
Highest level of education | |
Nine years or less of school | 5 (17) |
More than nine years of school | 13 (45) |
Bachelor degree or higher | 11 (38) |
Work status | |
Student | 2 (7) |
Working | 15 (51) |
On disability leave | 12 (42) |
Weight-related comorbidities | |
≤ 1 | 4 (14) |
2–3 | 21 (72) |
≥ 4 | 4 (14) |
Use of activity monitors at six moths | |
Continued with the activity monitors given to them | 10 (34) |
Changed to a preferable activity monitors of their own | 17 (59) |
Not wanting to use activity monitors | 2 (7) |