Table 3.

Frequency of intake of staple, complementary and accessory foods (d/week) among South-Asian Surinamese men and women with respect to integration, residence years, age of migration and generation status, as compared with Dutch men and women; HELIUS (Healthy Life in an Urban Setting) study, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, January 2011–December 2013

	Staple foods												Complementary foods																Accessory foods
	Rice and noodles				Bread				Potatoes and pasta				Chicken				Red meat				Fish				Vegetables				Cookies and sweets				Fruit
	Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women
	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd
Acculturation strategy
Dutch (men, n 410; women, n 558)	2·72	2·37	1·35	1·13	5·65	2·04	5·32	2·23	4·66	1·91	4·11	1·82	1·23	1·07	1·17	1·02	2·80	2·20	2·71	1·78	1·63	1·54	1·38	1·22	6·89	2·79	7·90	2·81	5·96	4·67	7·00	5·03	4·08	2·47	5·06	2·19
Assimilated (men, n 38; women, n 53)	4·63**	2·20	3·92**	2·91	5·37	1·96	4·84	2·31	2·75**	1·97	2·69**	2·16	2·47**	1·78	2·21**	1·36	1·82**	1·93	1·89**	1·99	1·94	1·78	2·18*	2·10	5·55*	3·29	6·01*	3·14	3·07**	3·04	3·46**	3·26	4·05	2·51	4·54	2·45
Integrated (men, n 307; women, n 364)	4·82**	2·21	4·44**	2·24	4·66**	2·45	4·40**	2·58	2·39**	1·79	2·31**	1·91	2·69**	1·66	2·59**	1·68	1·76**	1·96	1·44**	1·57	2·19**	1·94	2·41**	2·07	4·90**	2·73	6·49**	3·00	3·55**	3·71	3·53**	3·91	3·77**	2·30	4·71	2·30
Separated (men, n 38; women, n 79)	5·53**	2·09	4·89**	2·15	5·22	2·13	4·92	2·22	2·31**	2·31	2·23**	1·79	2·61**	1·60	2·53**	1·66	1·71**	1·87	1·58**	1·80	1·67	1·72	2·46**	1·93	4·00**	2·98	5·84**	2·58	3·05**	3·30	4·20**	4·21	4·05	2·48	4·56*	2·29
Marginalized (men, n 14; women, n 31)	5·40**	2·62	4·53**	2·59	4·42*	2·06	5·34	2·26	1·91**	1·39	2·11**	1·94	3·11**	2·20	2·06**	1·72	1·06**	1·13	0·89**	1·26	2·14*	1·34	2·08	2·18	4·70*	3·65	7·00	2·34	4·97*	8·97	2·22**	2·67	4·66	2·12	4·36	2·53
Residence years
≤35 years (men, n 141; women, n 261)	5·21**	2·29	4·76**	2·24	4·83**	2·33	4·53**	2·48	2·09**	1·64	2·00**	1·73	2·96**	1·80	2·49**	1·61	1·57**	1·55	1·28**	1·47	2·26**	2·05	2·40**	2·08	4·66**	2·98	6·36**	2·84	3·22**	4·17	3·14**	3·86	3·76	2·40	4·94	2·18
>35 years (men, n 190; women, n 194)	4·76**	2·19	4·21**	2·26	4·63**	2·42	4·70**	2·54	2·34**	1·76	2·50**	1·89	2·34**	1·52	2·40**	1·63	1·73**	1·77	1·48**	1·60	2·13**	1·89	2·69**	2·07	5·26**	2·91	7·00**	2·91	3·33**	3·66	3·21**	3·22	4·28	2·27	4·94	2·30
Age at migratiion
≤18 years old (men, n 136; women, n 223)	4·60**	2·26	4·34**	2·23	4·69**	2·33	4·45**	2·21	2·48**	1·75	2·56**	1·91	2·58**	1·63	2·76**	1·55	1·79**	1·65	1·72**	1·73	2·02**	1·81	2·40**	2·00	4·86**	2·98	6·56**	3·01	3·64**	4·26	3·42**	3·17	3·68*	2·35	4·58**	2·33
19–35 years old (men, n 137; women, n 213)	5·37**	2·09	4·61**	2·22	4·68**	2·46	4·69**	2·51	1·91**	1·66	1·86**	1·64	2·64**	1·75	2·14**	1·64	1·49**	1·73	1·00**	1·19	2·32**	2·08	2·51**	2·01	5·15**	2·84	6·72**	2·80	2·70**	3·27	2·91**	4·09	4·53*	2·26	5·28	2·09
≥35 years old (men, n 10; women, n 22)	5·57**	2·91	5·67**	2·71	5·42	2·30	5·23	2·44	2·12**	0·92	2·05**	1·87	2·66**	1·47	2·42**	1·55	1·66**	1·37	1·32**	1·46	3·27**	2·58	3·86**	3·03	5·55	3·95	7·00	2·63	4·78	3·51	3·08**	2·29	4·50	2·17	5·31	1·96
Generation status
First generation (men, n 333; women, n 469)	4·94**	2·94	4·54**	2·28	4·70**	2·38	4·61**	2·51	2·25**	1·74	2·19**	1·81	2·61**	1·66	2·45**	1·62	1·68**	1·71	1·36**	1·53	2·18**	1·95	2·49**	2·07	4·99**	2·95	6·63**	2·91	3·27**	3·87	3·19**	3·61	4·05	2·34	4·92	2·24
Second generation (men, n 77; women, n 89)	4·60**	2·22	4·00	2·09	4·94**	2·32	4·39**	2·37	3·08**	2·17	3·14**	2·25	2·79**	1·75	2·79**	1·73	2·12**	2·72	2·00**	1·99	1·90**	1·67	1·80	1·80	4·56**	2·72	5·12**	2·78	4·44**	3·79	4·99**	4·26	2·99**	2·05	3·43**	2·44

Mean value was significantly different from that of Dutch: *P<0·05, **P<0·01.