Research Article
Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Healthy Eating and Active Living in Rural Communities
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of focus group participants (
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| Age (mean, SD) | 59.3 | 14.0 |
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| Married | 64 | 68.1 | Race | | | White | 89 | 94.7 | African American | 1 | 1.1 | American Indian/Alaskan Native | 4 | 4.3 | Education | | | High school | 7 | 7.4 | Some college/technical school | 19 | 20.0 | Associate’s degree | 8 | 8.4 | Bachelor’s degree | 26 | 27.4 | Master’s degree or higher | 30 | 31.6 | Graduate or professional | 5 | 5.3 | Rural classificationa | | | Very rural | 24 | 26.4 | Mostly rural | 51 | 56.0 | Suburban | 4 | 4.4 | Somewhat urban | 12 | 13.2 |
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