Table 2.
Mean daily greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), food intakes, energy intakes and emissions intensities, across sociodemographic and socio-economic categories, for the sample of nationally representative Irish adults excluding energy misreporters (n 960)
| GHGE (g CO2eq/d) | Food intake (g/d) | Energy intake (MJ/d) | Emissions intensity (kg CO2eq/MJ per d) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Total | 6532 | 2337 | 3005 | 967 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 470 | 7850a | 2345 | 3339a | 1031 | 11a | 2 | 1a | 0 |
| Female | 490 | 5268b | 1471 | 2685b | 777 | 8b | 1 | 1b | 0 |
| Age group | |||||||||
| 18–35 years | 364 | 7096a | 2624 | 3166a | 1095 | 10a | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 36–50 years | 299 | 6299b | 2228 | 2956b | 930 | 9b | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 51–64 years | 189 | 6147b | 1889 | 2917b | 766 | 9b,c | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 65+ years | 108 | 5953b | 1913 | 2751b | 835 | 8c | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Location | |||||||||
| Country/village | 282 | 6465 | 2172 | 2927 | 896 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Town | 373 | 6633 | 2464 | 3064 | 1035 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| City | 305 | 6472 | 2328 | 3005 | 942 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Education | |||||||||
| Primary | 65 | 6562a,b | 2034 | 2853 | 1072 | 9a,b | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Intermediate | 184 | 6630a,b | 2302 | 2933 | 905 | 9a,b | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Secondary | 227 | 7024b | 2778 | 3057 | 1058 | 10b | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tertiary | 475 | 6232a | 2048 | 3029 | 932 | 9a,c | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Employment status | |||||||||
| Working for payment | 548 | 6508a | 2197 | 3014a | 923 | 9a | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Working from home | 86 | 5305b | 1361 | 2647b | 764 | 8b | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Not working | 197 | 6285a | 2250 | 2944a | 970 | 9c | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Student | 129 | 7832c | 2913 | 3300c | 1166 | 11d | 3 | 1 | 0 |
CO2eq, CO2 equivalents.
a,b,c,dMean values within a column (within sociodemographic and socio-economic categories) with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05).