Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for all individual-level and household-level covariates for male and female adults, adolescents and children
Adults (
18 years) |
Adolescents (10–17 years) | Children (0–9 years) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||||||
| Covariates | Description | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd |
| Individual-level | |||||||||||||
| Age | Individual’s age (years) | 41·20 | 13·60 | 39·10 | 13·30 | 13·50 | 2·30 | 13·50 | 2·30 | 4·60 | 2·60 | 4·70 | 2·60 |
| Age2 | Individual’s age (years), squared | 1882·00 | 1233·00 | 1711·00 | 1195·00 | 188·00 | 63·00 | 188·30 | 63·00 | 28·10 | 25·30 | 29·90 | 26·40 |
| ConsFreq | Number of eating occasions per day (3-d average) | 4·87 | 1·12 | 5·03 | 1·08 | 5·10 | 1·03 | 5·10 | 1·02 | 5·43 | 0·97 | 5·45 | 0·93 |
| WatchTV | Number of hours per day the individual watches TV | 1·97 | 1·56 | 2·11 | 1·61 | 2·57 | 1·10 | 2·52 | 1·06 | 1·99 | 1·46 | 1·97 | 1·47 |
| Household-level | |||||||||||||
| HouseholdSize | Number of children and adults living in the household | 4·00 | 1·10 | 4·00 | 1·15 | 4·20 | 0·80 | 4·30 | 0·80 | 4·20 | 0·90 | 4·20 | 0·90 |
| EduMale | Highest years of education completed by male head of household | 10·90 | 3·30 | 11·00 | 3·30 | 10·90 | 3·10 | 10·70 | 3·00 | 12·10 | 3·00 | 11·90 | 3·30 |
| EduFemale | Highest years of education completed by female head of household | 10·60 | 3·20 | 10·60 | 3·20 | 10·70 | 2·80 | 10·40 | 2·90 | 11·80 | 3·00 | 11·60 | 3·20 |
| FemaleWork | Average hours per week the female household head undertakes paid work outside of the home | 25·40 | 26·10 | 26·08 | 26·10 | 29·10 | 26·50 | 27·45 | 26·40 | 28·97 | 26·10 | 30·90 | 25·40 |
| Buddhist | (= 1 if the household head is Buddhist, 0 otherwise) | 0·30 | 0·49 | 0·37 | 0·48 | 0·40 | 0·49 | 0·41 | 0·49 | 0·30 | 0·46 | 0·34 | 0·47 |
| Christian | (= 1 if the household head is Christian, 0 otherwise) | 0·07 | 0·26 | 0·08 | 0·26 | 0·06 | 0·24 | 0·06 | 0·23 | 0·06 | 0·23 | 0·05 | 0·23 |
| Income | Monthly household income levels | ||||||||||||
| LowInc | Less than 4·49 million VND/month | 0·06 | 0·17 | 0·05 | 0·16 | 0·02 | 0·14 | 0·03 | 0·17 | 0·03 | 0·17 | 0·03 | 0·18 |
| LowerMiddleInc | 4·5 to 7·49 million VND/month | 0·27 | 0·45 | 0·27 | 0·44 | 0·27 | 0·45 | 0·27 | 0·44 | 0·27 | 0·44 | 0·27 | 0·45 |
| UpperMiddleInc | 7·5 to 14·9 million VND/month | 0·43 | 0·50 | 0·43 | 0·50 | 0·47 | 0·50 | 0·50 | 0·50 | 0·43 | 0·50 | 0·43 | 0·50 |
| HighInc | 15 million or more VND/month | 0·24 | 0·43 | 0·25 | 0·43 | 0·24 | 0·43 | 0·20 | 0·40 | 0·27 | 0·44 | 0·26 | 0·44 |
| HCMC | (=1 if Ho Chi Minh City, otherwise 0) | 0·56 | 0·50 | 0·55 | 0·50 | 0·56 | 0·50 | 0·55 | 0·50 | 0·46 | 0·50 | 0·50 | 0·50 |
| Number of individuals (n) | 1750 | 1784 | 284 | 267 | 448 | 464 | |||||||
| Number of households | 1685 | ||||||||||||
VND/month represents Vietnamese dong per month. 1 USD = 22 318 VND on 30 December 2016.
Source: Authors’ estimation from Vietnam Urban Food Consumption and Expenditure Study.