Table 3.
Daily fruit, vegetable, sweet and soft drink consumption, by gender, age group, family structure and family affluence: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children average based on equal weighting of each country
| Daily consumption (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit | Vegetable | Sweet and chocolate | Soft drink | |
| Gender | ||||
| Boys (n 93 101) | 33·4 | 32·3 | 23·1 | 20·9 |
| Girls (n 99 654) | 40·3 | 39·1 | 26·1 | 16·4 |
| P-value | <0·001 | <0·001 | <0·001 | <0·001 |
| Age group | ||||
| 11 year olds (n 60 332) | 42·9 | 38·7 | 22·5 | 15·6 |
| 13 year olds (n 67 271) | 36·0 | 34·8 | 25·7 | 19·7 |
| 15 year olds (n 65 152) | 32·0 | 34·0 | 25·7 | 20·4 |
| P-value | <0·001 | <0·001 | <0·001 | <0·001 |
| Family affluence | ||||
| Low (n 38 551) | 31·7 | 31·5 | 24·6 | 20·4 |
| Middle (n 116 424) | 36·3 | 35·4 | 24·6 | 18·1 |
| High (n 37 780) | 44·6 | 41·9 | 25·6 | 17·2 |
| P-value | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·001 | <0·001 |
| Family structure | ||||
| Intact family (n 142 060) | 38·5 | 36·7 | 24·7 | 17·9 |
| Non-intact family (n 50 695) | 32·2 | 33·4 | 24·1 | 20·2 |
| P-value | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·002 | <0·001 |