Table 2.
Relationship between socio-economic factors and daily fruit and vegetable intake controlling for age, marital status, number of children, education, employment, economic status, living area and energy intake among Moroccan women of child-bearing age (20–49 years) from the urban area of Rabat-Salé (n 855)
| Fruit and vegetables (g/d) | Fruit (g/d) | Vegetables (g/d) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | se | P value | Mean | se | P value | Mean | se | P value | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 20–29 | 243 | 328 | 20·1 | 151 | 16·6 | 177 | 9·8 | |||
| 30–39 | 297 | 344 | 23·8 | 0·16 | 158 | 11·7 | 0·23 | 186 | 15·5 | 0·56 |
| 40–49 | 315 | 325 | 18·3 | 157 | 14·4 | 168 | 7·4 | |||
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Married | 631 | 337 | 14·6 | 0·22 | 156 | 10·8 | 0·62 | 180 | 7·8 | 0·23 |
| Unmarried | 224 | 321 | 21·7 | 153 | 17·2 | 168 | 10·6 | |||
| Number of children | ||||||||||
| None | 208 | 346 | 25·0 | 167 | 18·5 | 179 | 14·7 | |||
| 1 or 2 | 323 | 336 | 19·2 | 0·39 | 149 | 13·9 | 0·16 | 188 | 9·7 | 0·47 |
| ≥3 | 324 | 317 | 16·7 | 152 | 11·8 | 165 | 8·5 | |||
| Education | ||||||||||
| None | 340 | 283 | 15·0 | 124 | 11·6 | 160 | 7·4 | |||
| Primary or partial secondary | 387 | 359 | 19·6 | 0·16 | 169 | 13·5 | 0·22 | 190 | 10·7 | 0·49 |
| Secondary/university | 128 | 389 | 24·4 | 205 | 20·6 | 184 | 13·6 | |||
| Employment | ||||||||||
| Employed | 160 | 350 | 27·1 | 0·99 | 165 | 17·4 | 0·80 | 185 | 20·7 | 0·80 |
| Unemployed | 695 | 327 | 15·0 | 153 | 10·8 | 174 | 6·9 | |||
| Economic status | ||||||||||
| Low | 285 | 296 | 21·4 | 117 | 12·6 | 180 | 12·6 | |||
| Medium | 260 | 302 | 16·6 | <0·05 | 142 | 11·7 | <0·05 | 161 | 9·1 | 0·22 |
| High | 310 | 390 | 18·0 | 203 | 16·4 | 187 | 8·9 | |||
| Living area | ||||||||||
| Modern | 168 | 329 | 23·4 | 158 | 16·0 | 171 | 10·9 | |||
| Medina | 538 | 340 | 16·6 | 0·62 | 161 | 12·9 | 0·58 | 179 | 7·9 | 0·83 |
| Precarious | 149 | 303 | 25·8 | 130 | 18·8 | 173 | 16·4 | |||