Table 5.

Mean changes in perceived link between diet and chronic disease by socio-economic status (SES) in an evaluation of the FOODcents adult nutrition education programme, Western Australia, June 2012–May 2014

	Single-session courses						Multi-session courses							Low SES†		Mid SES†		High SES†
		Pre-course		Post-course				Pre-course		Post-course
	n	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	P value	n	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	P value	n	Mean change	sd	Mean change	sd	Mean change	sd
How strong do you think the link is between diet and each of these diseases‡
Heart disease	109	1·50	0·87	1·28	0·65	<0·001	290	1·61	1·00	1·24	0·62	<0·001	387	0·68	1·18	0·28***	0·81	0·07***	0·52
Type 2 diabetes	108	1·32	0·75	1·25	0·69	0·207	290	1·47	0·88	1·23	0·58	<0·001	386	0·60	1·08	0·10***	0·74	0·01***	0·52
Cancer	104	1·88	1·14	1·54	0·81	<0·001	280	2·11	1·20	1·63	0·99	<0·001	372	0·82	1·16	0·34***	1·17	0·29**	0·69
How likely do you think being overweight is a risk factor for‡
Heart disease	107	1·26	0·68	1·21	0·07	0·448	293	1·39	0·85	1·16	0·50	<0·001	388	0·44	1·14	0·12**	0·69	0·09**	0·47
Type 2 diabetes	107	1·33	0·79	1·23	0·67	0·167	292	1·43	0·87	1·18	0·55	<0·001	387	0·55	1·22	0·13***	0·71	0·10***	0·54
Cancer	104	2·18	1·15	1·62	0·90	<0·001	285	2·14	1·24	1·65	1·00	<0·001	377	0·92	1·30	0·41***	1·02	0·39**	0·87

**Significantly different from low SES at P<0·01.

***Significantly different from low SES at P<0·001.

^†Includes only those providing their postcode for SES categorization.

^‡Scale: 1=‘very strong’ to 5=‘not strong at all’.