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Table 2 Sample characteristics and EMA compliance

From: Older adults’ compliance with mobile ecological momentary assessments in behavioral nutrition and physical activity research: pooled results of four intensive longitudinal studies and recommendations for future research

Characteristics

Total sample (n = 271)

Study 1

(n = 67)

Study 2

(n = 51)

Study 3

(n = 79)

Study 4

(n = 74)

F or χ2

P-value

Age (years; mean ± SD; and range)

71.8 (± 6.8)

60–92

72.3 (± 6.0)

65–86

66.2 (± 6.2)

60–85

73.0 (± 6.8)

64–92

74.0 (± 5.9)

65–87

18.0

< 0.001

Gender

     

3.3 

0.34

Men (%)

48.0%

53.7%

47.1%

51.9%

39.4%

  

Education

     

25.2

0.05

Lower (%)

Middle (%)

Higher (%)

19.9%

43.6%

36.5%

25.4%

34.3%

40.3%

31.4%

41.2%

27.5%

18.2%

49.4%

32.5%

8.6%

47.1%

44.3%

  

Marital status

     

18.7

0.03

Married or cohabiting (%)

75.3%

85.1%

82.4%

72.7%

63.4%

  

Occupation

     

41.0

0.09

Household (%)

Blue collar (%)

White collar (%)

Other (%)*

9.1%

30.0%

57.4%

3.4%

4.5%

37.3%

52.2%

6.0%

3.9%

19.6%

72.5%

3.9%

16.2%

33.8%

48.6%

1.4%

10.0%

25.7%

61.4%

2.9%

  

BMI (kg/m2; mean ± SD)

Underweight (%)

Normal weight (%)

Overweight (%)

Obese (%)

25.7 (± 3.8)

2.6

40.4

42.7

14.2

25.6 (± 4.0)

6.0

41.8

37.3

14.9

25.2 (± 3.6)

2.0

45.1

43.1

9.8

26.3 (± 3.8)

1.3

34.6

46.2

17.9

25.7 (± 3.7)

1.4

42.3

43.7

12.7

0.95

7.2

0.42

0.62

Smartphone ownership (%)

88.1%

83.6%

94.1%

NA

NA

NA

 
  1. SD = standard deviation; Lower education = Non-secondary education, Middle education = Non-tertiary education, Higher education = Tertiary education; NA = not available; *the category ‘Other’ comprised occupations that could not be categorized due to the lack of information; Analysis of Variance and Chi2-tests were conducted to examine differences between study samples