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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Differences among feminist and non-feminist women on weight bias internalization, body image, and disordered eating

 

Eating disorder sample (N = 100)

College student sample (N = 240)

n

%

n

%

Race/ethnicity

    

 White/European American

91

91.0

197

82.1

 Asian American

1

1.0

5

2.1

 Black/African American

0

0.0

1

0.4

 Indigenous/Native American

0

0.0

12

5.0

 Middle eastern

0

0.0

1

0.4

 Bi/Multi-racial

6

6.0

16

6.7

 Hispanic/Latinx

2

2.0

7

2.9

 Did not disclose

0

0.0

1

0.4

Sexual orientation

    

 Asexual

0

0.0

6

2.5

 Heterosexual/straight

72

72.0

181

75.4

 Lesbian

7

7.0

3

1.3

 Bisexual

16

16.0

41

17.1

 Other (pansexual, queer, questioning)

5

5.0

9

3.8

Employment Status

    

 Employed full-time

22

22.0

0

0.0

 Employed part-time

15

15.0

0

0.0

 Unemployed

17

17.0

0

0.0

 On Leave (e.g. FMLA)/disabled

21

21.0

0

0.0

 Student

23

23.0

240

100.0

 Retired

2

2.0

0

0.0

Eating disorder diagnosis

    

 Anorexia nervosa/atypical AN

48

48.0

–

–

 Bulimia nervosa

7

7.0

–

–

 Binge eating disorder

12

12.0

–

–

 OSFED

23

23.0

–

–

 ARFID

2

2.0

–

–

 Missing

8.0

8.0

–

–