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Table 2 Characteristics of participants included in Study Two analysis (n = 181)

From: The nutrition for sport knowledge questionnaire (NSKQ): development and validation using classical test theory and Rasch analysis

Characteristic

First completion: n (% available data)

Second completion: n (%)

Gender

Male: 36 (26)

Male: 6 (21)

Female: 103 (74)

Female: 22 (79)

Age

17–25: 77 (53)

17–25: 15 (54)

26–35: 35 (24)

26–35: 5 (18)

36 - 45: 21 (15)

37 - 45: 3 (11)

46 - 55: 6 (4)

46 - 55: 3 (11)

>55: 6 (4)

>55: 2 (7)

Country of Birth (COB)

Australia: 111 (80)

Australia: 23 (82)

Outside Australia: 27 (20)

Outside Australia: 5 (18)

Marital status

Single: 95 (68)

Single: 18 (64)

Married/De-facto: 39 (28)

Married/De-facto: 7 (25)

Divorced: 5 (4)

Divorced: 3 (11)

Highest level of education

High school: 3 (2)

 

Vocational training or other diploma: 3 (2)

Bachelor/undergraduate degree: 18 (64)

Bachelor/undergraduate degree: 87 (60)

Honours/master’s degree: 7 (25)

Honours/master’s degree: 35 (24)

Doctoral degree): 3 (11)

Doctoral degree: 16 (11)

 

Nutrition education

Yes: 77 (52)

Yes: 20 (71)

No: 70 (48)

No: 8 (29)

Plays sport on a regular basis

Yes: 88 (66)

Yes: 12 (43)

No: 45 (34)

No: 16 (57)

  1. For first round completion (n 153), there was data missing for gender (n = 14); age (n = 8); COB (n = 15); marital status (n = 19); education (n = 9); nutrition education (n = 6); sport (n = 20). There was no missing data for second round completion (n 28). Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole figure and reported based on available data