Table 2.
Proportion of students with at least weekly intake of fast food by sociodemographic characteristics and neighbourhood variables; adolescents (n 4642) aged 11–15-years, Danish HBSC study, 2010
| All students | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At least weekly fast-food intake=1409/4642 | At least weekly fast-food intake=840/2301 | At least weekly fast-food intake=569/2341 | ||||
| % | P value (χ 2 test) | % | P value (χ 2 test) | % | P value (χ 2 test) | |
| All students | ||||||
| Less than weekly (ref.), n students 3233 | 69·65 | <0·0001 | 63·49 | <0·0001 | 75·69 | <0·0001 |
| At least weekly, n students 1409 | 30·35 | 36·51 | 24·31 | |||
| Student-perceived access to fast-food outlets | ||||||
| None (ref.), n students 1612 | 26·12 | <0·0001 | 29·73 | <0·0001 | 22·75 | 0·4232 |
| One outlet, n students 1159 | 30·54 | 35·93 | 24·96 | |||
| Two or more outlets, n students 1871 | 33·89 | 42·51 | 25·29 | |||
| Objective measure of access to fast-food outlets | ||||||
| Zero outlets (ref.), n schools 51, n students 2553 | 28·12 | 0·0012 | 34·05 | 0·0136 | 22·40 | 0·0492 |
| One outlet, n schools 12, n students 848 | 32·55 | 37·33 | 27·54 | |||
| Two or more outlets, n schools 12, n students 1241 | 33·44 | 40·95 | 26·11 | |||
| Correlates of fast-food intake | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Girls (ref.), n students 2341 | 24·31 | <0·0001 | ||||
| Boys, n students 2301 | 36·51 | |||||
| Grade | ||||||
| 5th (ref.), n students 1739 | 25·53 | <0·0001 | 28·90 | <0·0001 | 22·2 | 0·0216 |
| 7th, n students 1567 | 28·84 | 34·41 | 23·43 | |||
| 9th, n students 1336 | 38·40 | 48·87 | 28·08 | |||
| Family social class | ||||||
| High (ref.), n students 1558 | 26·64 | 0·0003 | 33·50 | 0·1509 | 19·66 | <0·0001 |
| Mid, n students 1699 | 30·90 | 38·73 | 23·58 | |||
| Low, n students 764 | 34·55 | 38·27 | 31·28 | |||
| Unclassified, n students 621 | 33·01 | 36·20 | 29·23 | |||
| Language at home | ||||||
| Non-Danish (ref.), n students 282 | 54·96 | <0·0001 | 59·20 | <0·0001 | 48·15 | <0·0001 |
| Danish, n students 4360 | 28·76 | 34·65 | 23·15 | |||
| Travel time to school | ||||||
| More than 15 min (ref.), n students 989 | 27·20 | 0·0165 | 34·93 | 0·432 | 19·88 | 0·0089 |
| Less than 15 min, n students 3624 | 31·15 | 36·87 | 25·51 | |||
| School leader-reported items | ||||||
| School leaving policy | ||||||
| Allowed (ref.), n schools 39, n students 1547 | 28·31 | 0·0499 | 34·18 | 0·1893 | 22·77 | 0·1833 |
| Not allowed, n schools 30, n students 2821 | 31·16 | 37·02 | 25·30 | |||
| Canteen in the school | ||||||
| Yes (ref.), n schools 8, n students 847 | 35·77 | <0·0001 | 40·05 | 0·0926 | 31·63 | <0·0001 |
| No, n schools 55, n students 2982 | 28·71 | 35·55 | 22·04 | |||
HBSC, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children; ref., referent category.