Exploring the prioritisation of sleep, diet, and physical activity as pillars of health: correlates and associations with health behaviours in Australian adults

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants in Study 1 and Study 2

	Australian Adults (Study 1) (n = 1151)		Australian Shiftwork-only (Study 2) (n = 533)
Variable	n	%	n	%
Gender
Males	533	46.3	123	23.1
Females	618	53.7	406	76.2
Non-Binary/Prefer not to say			4	0.7
Age
18–34	223	19.4	280	52.5
35–44	138	12.0	117	21.9
45–54	166	14.4	92	17.3
55+	624	54.2	44	8.3
BMI
Underweight-normal	498	43.3
Overweight-obese	653	56.7
Diagnosed sleep disorder
Yes	346	30.1	175	32.8
No	805	69.9	358	67.2
Employed
Yes	639	55.5
No	509	44.2
No response	3	0.3
Shiftwork duration
1–5 years			188	35.3
6–15 years			227	42.6
16–30 years			88	16.5
30 + years			30	5.6
Shiftwork Industry
Health care and Social assistance			343	64.4
Mining			111	20.8
Transport, postal and warehousing			29	5.4
Government or Defence			25	4.7
Manufacturing			10	1.9
Accommodation and Food services			7	1.3
Public administration and Safety			6	1.1
Information media and telecommunications			1	0.2
Retail trade			1	0.2
Behaviour Prioritised First
Sleep	336	29.2	363	67.7
Diet	567	49.3	106	20.3
Physical activity	248	21.5	64	12.0

Note. For Study 1, questions on shiftwork duration and shiftwork industry were not included. For Study 2, questions on BMI and employment status were not included

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