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Table 1 Population Characteristics (n = 9572)

From: Associations between measures of socio-economic status, beliefs about back pain, and exposure to a mass media campaign to improve back beliefs

Characteristic

N (%)

Age category

 18–24

447 (4.9)

 25–34

1175 (12.9)

 35–39

933 (10.2)

 40–44

1384 (15.2)

 45–54

1912 (21.0)

 55–64

1891 (20.7)

 65+

1375 (15.1)

 Not reported

455

Occupation

 Manual workers

864 (9.7)

 Office workers

1636 (18.4)

 Sales & services workers

816 (9.2)

 Professional, Science & Technology workers

1637 (18.4)

 Other (Homemaker/Student/Retired/Unemployed)

3928 (44.2)

 Not reported

691

Income category

 $ 19.999 or less

445 (5.9)

 $ 20.000–39.999

1124 (14.9)

 $ 40.000–59.999

1344 (17.8)

 $ 60.000–79.999

1187 (15.7)

 $ 80.000–99.999

1025 (13.6)

 $ 100.000 or more

2431 (32.2)

 Not reported

2016

Employment

 Employed (full-time or part-time)

2256 (51.7)

 Other (Homemaker/Student/Retired/Unemployed)

2106 (48.3)

 Not reported

5210

Number of people in household, mean (SD)

2.75 (1.49)

 Range (Min-Max)

1–13

 Not reported

5132

Type of survey

 Phone-based

4500 (47.0)

 Web-based

5072 (53.0)

Sex

 Female

5271 (55.1)

Region

 Edmonton/Calgary (Urban)

6417 (67.0)

Language

 English/French (Native)

4679 (92.7)

 Not reported

4526

Marital status

 Single

1529 (16.2)

 Married/common law union

6430 (68.2)

 Other (Divorced/Separated/Widowed)

1473 (15.6)

 Not reported

140

Agree with ‘Stay Active’

6471 (67.6)

 Not reported

1

Exposed to campaign

2409 (42.2)

 Not reporteda

3868

Education

 High School Diploma or Lower

2557 (27.1)

 College or Technical Training

3719 (39.4)

 University Education

3168 (33.5)

 Not reported

128

  1. aLarge number of missing data on reported campaign exposure, because this question was not asked in all survey years