Table 1 Demographic and body weight characteristics of the respondents
|  | Melbourne n = 769 | Shanghai n = 807 | Indonesia n = 788 | Singapore n = 771 | Vietnam n = 810 | Total n = 3945 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender: female (%) | 58.4 | 57.2 | 59.6 | 49.3 | 60.5 | 57.1 |
Age: mean (std dev) | 41.43 (12.70) | 37.81 (10.53) | 32.97 (9.07) | 37.45 (11.68) | 29.25 (7.35) | 35.72 (11.23) |
Marital status: married/de facto (%) | 60.9 | 77.4 | 56.9 | 55.3 | 51.4 | 60.4 |
Education: bachelor’s degree or higher (%) | 58.8 | 89.5 | 80.7 | 74.2 | 89.6 | 78.8 |
Families with children between 0 and 5Â years (%) | 20.4 | 34.9 | 39.3 | 25.9 | 54.2 | 35.2 |
Families with children between 6 and 12 (%) | 18.1 | 16.5 | 30.9 | 21.4 | 27.1 | 23 |
Families with children between 13 and 18 (%) | 15.6 | 14.7 | 25.1 | 19.2 | 21.4 | 19.2 |
BMI mean (std dev) | 26.89 (7.03) | 23.60 (6.92) | 23.11 (5.17) | 23.08 (4.53) | 20.81 (3.32) | 23.47 (5.91) |