Table 3.

Effect of education on interest in applying for food services among recipients of the Public Assistance scheme for socio-economically disadvantaged Singaporeans, Central Singapore District, January 2010

	Post-education
	Total		Yes		No
Pre-education	n	%	n	%	n	%	P value
Interest in meal delivery services
No	225	74·8	14	4·7	211	70·1	0·041
Yes	76	25·2	71	23·6	5	1·7
Total	301	100·0	85	28·2	216	71·8
Interest in meal vouchers
No	141	53·2	33	12·5	108	40·8	<0·001
Yes	124	46·8	120	45·3	4	1·5
Total	265	100·0	153	57·7	112	42·3
Interest in grocery vouchers
No	77	32·2	30	12·6	47	19·7	<0·001
Yes	162	67·8	161	67·4	1	0·4
Total	239	100·0	191	79·9	48	20·1

Significant P values for the change in the percentage interested, pre-education v. post-education (bold values), are indicated in bold font.