Table 3.

Confidence to purchase healthy foods on a budget^† by course type in an evaluation of the FOODcents adult nutrition education programme, Western Australia, June 2012–May 2014

		Pre-course			Post-course
Course type	n	Mean	sd	%‡	Mean	sd	%‡	Significance
Multi-session	577	2·34	1·19	56	1·76	0·93	80	<0·001
Single-session	278	2·23	1·17	60	1·69	0·85	83	<0·001
Total/average	855	2·31	1·18	57	1·74	0·90	81	<0·001

^†Item wording: ‘How confident are you that you can buy healthy foods on a budget?’ (scale: 1=‘very confident’ to 5=‘very unsure’).

^‡Percentage reporting ‘confident’ or ‘very confident’.