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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of demographic variables and physical health

From: Motivations matter: moral and health-related motives indirectly relate to differential psychological health indicators among vegetarians

Dietary group

Moral vegetarians n = 137

Health vegetarians n = 93

Omnivores n = 104

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gender

Female

98

71.5

50

53.8

49

47.1

Male

36

26.3

40

43

54

51.9

Non-binary

1

0.7

1

1.1

0

0

Prefer not to say

2

1.5

2

2.2

1

1.0

Age

18–24

13

9.5

3

3.2

6

5.8

25–34

51

37.2

26

28.0

38

36.5

35–44

40

29.2

23

24.7

40

38.5

45–54

17

12.4

17

18.3

9

8.7

55–64

14

10.2

11

11.8

6

5.8

 ≥ 65

2

1.5

13

14.0

5

4.8

Ethnicity

White

119

86.9

66

71.0

79

76.0

Black

5

3.6

14

15.1

11

10.6

Hispanic

9

6.6

5

5.4

4

3.8

American Indian or Alaska Native

0

0

0

0

1

1.0

Asian

1

0.7

7

7.5

7

6.7

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

3

2.2

1

1.1

2

1.9

Urbanicity

 ≤ 5000

14

10.2

11

11.8

9

6.8

5000–20,000

21

15.3

13

15.3

24

18.2

20,000–100,000

26

19.0

23

27.1

39

29.5

100,000–500,000

25

18.2

21

24.7

31

23.5

500,000–1,000,000

17

12.4

6

7.1

10

7.6

 ≥ 1,000,000

24

17.5

11

12.9

19

14.4

I don’t know

10

7.3

9

9.7

6

5.8

Household income

 ≤ $25,000

24

17.5

17

18.3

11

10.6

$25,000–$49,999

33

24.1

19

20.4

36

34.6

$50,000–$74,999

35

25.5

27

29.0

22

21.2

$75,000–$99,999

15

10.9

12

12.9

14

13.5

$100,000–$149,999

14

10.2

6

6.5

13

12.5

 ≥ $150,000

13

9.5

9

9.7

6

5.8

Prefer not to say

3

2.2

3

3.2

2

1.9

Physical health

3.47 (0.99)

3.57 (0.81)

3.42 (0.92)

  1. Figures indicate n and % except for physical health where the numbers indicate mean (standard deviation)