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Table 1 Participant demographics at randomization (N = 294)

From: Impact of a randomized possible selves experiment on new retirees’ physical activity and identity

 

Group

Characteristic

Control (n = 88)

One-time (n = 107)

Repeated (n = 99)

Age, mean (SD)

63.02 (4.84)

63.84 (4.59)

63.23 (4.71)

Sexa

 Women

65 (74.7)

70 (66.0)

63 (65.6)

 Men

22 (25.3)

36 (34.0)

33 (34.4)

Ethnicityb

 Caucasian

86 (97.7)

94 (87.9)

95 (97.9)

 Other

1 (1.10)

6 (5.5)

1 (1.1)

 Aboriginal/Native

0 (0.00)

4 (3.7)

1 (1.00)

 South Asian

1 (1.1)

3 (2.8)

0 (0.00)

Marital statusc

 Married

45 (52.30)

67 (63.2)

63 (64.9)

 Divorced/Separated

16 (18.6)

15 (14.1)

15 (15.4)

 Living w/ partner

9 (10.5)

11 (10.4)

7 (7.2)

 Single/Never married

10 (11.6)

7 (6.6)

6 (6.2)

 Widowed

6 (7.0)

6 (5.7)

6 (6.2)

Educationd

 University: above B.A.

28 (32.2)

30 (28.0)

26 (26.5)

 University: B.A.

18 (20.7)

26 (24.3)

23 (23.5)

 College/CEGEP

22 (25.3)

17 (15.9)

14 (14.3)

 No post-secondary

8 (9.2)

19 (17.8)

17 (17.3)

 Other

11 (12.6)

15 (14.0)

18 (18.3)

Body mass indexe, mean (SD)

29.98 (6.37)

28.73 (5.98)

29.97 (5.63)

Retirementf, y, mean (SD)

1.86 (1.15)

1.77 (1.45)

1.63 (1.38)

Perceived healthg, mean (SD)

6.87 (.99)

7.09 (.88)

6.77 (.98)

CFCh, mean (SD)

3.37 (.56)

3.61 (.62)

3.52 (.56)

Imaging abilityi, mean (SD)

34.64 (7.06)

35.70 (6.87)

33.42 (8.87)

  1. Data are presented Count (%) unless indicated otherwise. a Five participants did not report their gender; 68.5 % of the sample was female overall. b Two participants did not report their ethnicity; 94.2 % of the sample was Caucasian overall. c Five participants did not report their marital status; 60.6 % of the sample was married overall. d Two participants did not report their education; 28.8 % of the sample had a degree higher than a BA. e Two participants did not report their height. The BMI of the sample overall was 29.74 (SD = 6.43). f The participants in the sample were retired for 1.75 years on average. g Eight participants missed one of three items which comprises the scale. Scores could range between 3 and 10. The average for the sample was 6.92 (SD = .96) overall.h Consideration of future consequences (CFC). Scores could range between 1 and 5. The average for the sample was 3.51 (SD = .59) overall. i Scores could range between 0 and 44. The average for the sample was 34.62 (SD = 7.69) overall