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. 2023 Sep 5;9(9):e19793. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19793

Table 3.

Characteristics of individuals by participation in consuming outside food (past 24 h).

Characteristics Eats out
(N1 = 5727)		 Does not eat out
(N2 = 14,990)		 Test Statistic
(p-value)
Gender of Member
(1 = ) Male 		.619
(.486)		 .406
(.491)		 .000c
Age of Member (Years) 33
(20.34)		 31
(18.96)		 1.000t
Education of Member .000c
(1 = ) No Schooling .335
(.472)		 .296
(.456)
(1 = ) Primary .340
(.474)		 .332
(.471)
(1 = ) Secondary & Above .326
(.469)		 .373
(.483)
Employment Status of Member
(1 = ) Employed/Student 		.895
(.307)		 .849
(.358)		 .000c
Occupation of Member .000c
(1 = ) Wage Labor .078
(.268)		 .054
(.226)
(1 = ) Salaried Worker .034
(.182)		 .031
(.173)
(1 = ) Self-employment .158
(.365)		 .090
(.286)
(1 = ) Farming .166
(.372)		 .092
(.290)
(1 = ) Non-earning .563
(.496)		 .732
(.443)

Notes: The author estimated the results of Table 3 based on the respective data in BIHS 2018–19 [21]; Values outside the parentheses indicate the mean, and values in the parentheses indicate the standard deviation; c & t stand for the chi-squared and t-test, respectively.

Source: Author Estimation