From: I’m not just fat, I’m old: has the study of body image overlooked “old talk”?
USA | UK | Australia | Elsewhere | |||||
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(n=367) | (n=224) | (n=168) | (n=22) | |||||
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
Age | 39.41 | 14.37 | 32.28 | 11.75 | 37.42 | 12.21 | 34.82 | 12.67 |
Body Mass Index | 24.09 | 4.68 | 24.69 | 6.31 | 25.48 | 5.63 | 23.80 | 4.01 |
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Education a | ||||||||
Some high school | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
High school | 27 | 7.4 | 48 | 21.52 | 20 | 11.90 | 6 | 30.0 |
Diploma/ Associate’s Degree | 20 | 5.4 | 23 | 10.31 | 35 | 21.21 | 0 | 0 |
Undergraduate | 142 | 38.8 | 95 | 42.60 | 70 | 41.67 | 7 | 35.0 |
Postgraduate | 175 | 47.9 | 57 | 25.57 | 38 | 22.62 | 7 | 35.0 |
Ethnicity b | ||||||||
White | 312 | 85.7 | 210 | 93.8 | 153 | 91.1 | 18 | 81.1 |
Other | 52 | 14.3 | 14 | 6.2 | 15 | 8.9 | 4 | 18.1 |