Characteristics of TCM constitutions of adult Chinese women in Hong Kong and identification of related influencing factors: a cross-sectional survey

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 944)

	No. (%) or Mean (SD)
Age (years)	49.59 (7.50) ^ψ
30 ~ 44	247 (26.2)
45 ~ 59	607 (64.3)
60 ~ 65	90 (9.5)
BMI	22.49 (3.3) ^ψ
<18.5	66 (7.0)
18.5 ~ 24.9	663 (70.2)
25 ~ 27	91 (9.6)
>27	82 (8.7)
Unknown	42 (4.4)
Occupation
Full-time working	520 (55.1)
Part-time working	87 (9.2)
House wife/no working	333 (35.3)
No response	4 (0.4)
Working nature
Manual work	91 (9.6)
M&B	72 (7.6)
Brain work	433 (45.9)
No response	348 (36.9)
Educational level
Primary school or below	58 (6.1)
Lower secondary	190 (20.1)
US/SS	374 (39.6)
Undergraduate/Sub-degree course	207 (21.9)
Postgraduate or above	108 (11.4)
No response	7 (0.7)
Marital status
Never married	181 (19.2)
Married/Cohabitating	667 (70.7)
Divorced/Windowed	96 (10.2)
Reproductive history
Never	284 (30.1)
Yes	660 (69.9)
Parity
0	284 (30.1)
1	241 (25.5)
2	331 (35.1)
≥3	79 (8.4)
No response	9 (1.0)

Note: Data marked with ^ψ are presented as mean (standard deviation) and the others are presented as frequency (%).
Abbreviations: M&B Manual work combined with brain work, US upper secondary, SS specialized secondary.

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