Table 6.
Mean pre- to post-course change in dietary behaviours by socio-economic status (SES; multi-session courses only) in an evaluation of the FOODcents adult nutrition education programme, Western Australia, June 2012–May 2014
| Pre-course | Post-course | Low SES† | Mid SES† | High SES† | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dietary behaviour | n | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P value | n | Mean change | sd | Mean change | sd | Mean change | sd |
| How many servings of fruit do you usually eat each day? | 520 | 1·63 | 1·07 | 1·85 | 1·04 | <0·001 | 492 | 0·43 | 1·28 | 0·18* | 1·11 | 0·13‡ | 1·01 |
| How many servings of vegetables do you usually eat each day? | 518 | 2·28 | 1·53 | 2·95 | 1·63 | <0·001 | 490 | 0·86 | 1·73 | 0·66 | 1·50 | 0·46 | 1·58 |
| On how many days in the last week did you eat fast food such as burgers, pizza, fried chicken, or chips from places like McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, Pizza Hut or Red Rooster? | 533 | 0·93 | 1·27 | 0·74 | 1·16 | <0·001 | 503 | −0·42 | 1·65 | −0·09** | 0·88 | −0·13‡ | 1·19 |
*Significantly different from low SES at P<0·05.
**Significantly different from low SES at P<0·01.
†
Includes only those providing their postcode for SES categorization.
‡
The lack of statistical significance is likely to be the result of the lower power due to the smaller number of high-SES respondents.