Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics, health and nutritional status of Thais by opinion of two nutrition-friendly policies in 2021

Socio-demographic characteristics	n	Agreement with food marketing restriction		Agreement with sodium taxation
		Disagree; not sure (n = 54,684)	Agree (n = 31,410)	Disagree; not sure (n = 58,496)	Agree (n = 27,598)
Overall	86,094	63.5	36.5	67.9	32.1
Gender
Male	37,174	64.1	35.9	68.5	31.5
Female	48,920	63.0	37.0	67.6	32.4
GenderAge (years) (median = 50, mean = 48.9, sd = 16.6, max = 103, min = 15)
15–24	7,289	65.6	34.4	69.6	30.4
25–59	54,405	62.4	37.6	66.8	33.2
≥ 60	24,399	65.5	34.5	69.9	30.1
Regional area of residence
Bangkok	11,056	60.3	39.7	66.1	33.9
Central	26,175	69.0	31.0	72.5	27.5
North	15,157	63.9	36.1	67.8	32.2
Northeast	22,510	62.7	37.3	68.2	31.8
South	11,195	55.0	45.0	59.0	41.0
Place of residence
Urban	40,141	65.8	34.2	67.2	32.9
Rural	45,952	62.8	37.4	68.6	31.4
Educational level (n = 86,021)
Illiterate	3,435	71.8	28.2	75.3	24.7
Primary or lower	40,132	66.3	33.7	70.9	29.1
Secondary	23,019	63.2	36.8	67.9	32.1
Vocational or college	7,426	60.9	39.1	64.9	35.1
Bachelor or higher	12,008	54.2	45.9	57.9	42.1
Marital status (n = 86,081)
Single	17,712	62.5	37.5	66.6	30.4
Married	52,724	62.8	37.2	67.4	32.6
Windowed	9,992	68.8	31.2	73.1	26.9
Divorced/ separated	5,652	64.2	35.8	68.6	31.4
Employment
Unemployed	25,011	65.8	34.2	69.9	30.2
Employed	61,083	62.6	37.4	67.2	32.8
Income (baht/month) (median = 6,850, mean = 9,802, sd = 11,247, max = 99,998, min = 100)
< 15,000	71,124	64.9	36.1	69.5	30.5
15,001–30,000	11,106	58.2	41.8	62.1	37.9
> 30,000	3,864	52.3	47.7	56.1	43.9
BMI (median = 23, mean = 23.5, sd = 3.9, max = 53.2, min = 10.8) (n = 82,730)
Underweight (< 18.5)	5317	64.9	35.1	70.4	29.6
Normal weight (18.5–22.9)	35,556	62.6	37.4	66.7	33.3
Overweight/obese (≥ 23.0)	41,323	63.7	36.3	68.5	31.4
Health status
No NCD or chronic condition	61,342	63.4	36.6	67.7	32.3
Have an NCD or chronic condition	24,752	63.9	36.1	68.5	31.5

Note n = samples of this study