Table 2 Legend: Demographic breakdown of participants in Experiment 2, split by sampling strategy.
Local recruitment | Prolific recruitment | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) |
Age | ||||||
18–25 | 62 | 71.3 | 26 | 32.9 | 88 | 53.0 |
16–35 | 15 | 17.2 | 19 | 24.1 | 34 | 20.5 |
36–45 | 3 | 3.4 | 14 | 17.7 | 17 | 10.2 |
46–55 | 4 | 4.6 | 14 | 17.7 | 18 | 10.8 |
56–65 | 3 | 2.4 | 6 | 7.6 | 9 | 5.4 |
Gender: | ||||||
Male | 25 | 28.7 | 25 | 31.6 | 50 | 30.1 |
Female | 62 | 71.2 | 54 | 68.4 | 116 | 69.9 |
Occupation | ||||||
Full-time employed | 10 | 11.5 | 30 | 38.0 | 40 | 24.1 |
Part-time employed | 10 | 11.5 | 13 | 16.5 | 23 | 13.9 |
Retired | 2 | 2.3 | 3 | 3.8 | 5 | 3.0 |
Student | 64 | 73.6 | 18 | 22.8 | 82 | 49.4 |
Unemployed | 1 | 1.1 | 15 | 19.0 | 16 | 9.4 |
Education | ||||||
GSCE/equivalent | 5 | 5.7 | 9 | 11.4 | 14 | 8.4 |
A-level/equivalent | 42 | 48.3 | 15 | 19.0 | 57 | 34.3 |
MSc/equivalent | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13.9 | 11 | 6.6 |
Degree or above | 40 | 46.0 | 42 | 53.2 | 82 | 49.4 |
No formal qualifications | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.2 |
Self-reported Weight: | ||||||
Average weight | 68 | 78.2 | 51 | 64.6 | 119 | 71.7 |
Overweight/Obese | 14 | 16.1 | 24 | 30.4 | 38 | 22.9 |
Underweight | 4 | 4.6 | 4 | 5.0 | 8 | 4.8 |
Prefer not to say | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 |
Alcohol use | ||||||
Light drinker | 48 | 55.2 | 44 | 55.7 | 92 | 55.4 |
Heavy drinker | 27 | 31.0 | 9 | 11.4 | 36 | 21.7 |
Teetotaller | 12 | 13.8 | 24 | 30.4 | 36 | 21.7 |
Prefer not to say | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.2 |
Smoker | ||||||
No | 73 | 83.9 | 68 | 86.1 | 141 | 84.9 |
Yes | 13 | 14.9 | 11 | 13.9 | 24 | 14.5 |
Prefer not to say | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 |
