Table 1.
Nutrition label use in participant subgroups.
| Variables | N (%) | Total nutrition label use n (%) |
χ2 | Nutrition facts table use n (%) |
χ2 | Purported nutritional benefits use n (%) |
χ2 | Purported health benefits use n (%) |
χ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 955 (100) | 386 (40.4) | 361 (37.8) | 121 (12.7) | 82 (8.6) | ||||
| Age group (years) | 25.74*** | 29.36*** | 0.54 | 3.98 | |||||
| 18–44 | 156 (16.3) | 88 (56.4) | 87 (55.8) | 22 (14.1) | 17 (10.9) | ||||
| 45–64 | 315 (33.0) | 134 (42.5) | 121 (38.4) | 37 (11.7) | 32 (10.2) | ||||
| 65–95 | 484 (50.7) | 164 (33.9) | 153 (31.6) | 62 (12.8) | 33 (6.8) | ||||
| Gender | 0.01 | 0.03 | 6.06* | 0.17 | |||||
| Male | 445 (46.6) | 179 (40.2) | 167 (37.5) | 69 (15.5) | 40 (9.0) | ||||
| Female | 510 (53.4) | 207 (40.6) | 194 (38.0) | 52 (10.2) | 42 (8.2) | ||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 8.95* | 7.03 | 5.04 | 3.57 | |||||
| <18.5 | 30 (3.1) | 12 (40.0) | 12 (40.0) | 7 (23.3) | 3 (10.0) | ||||
| 18.5–23.9 | 395 (41.4) | 168 (42.7) | 158 (40.0) | 47 (11.9) | 41 (10.4) | ||||
| 24–27.9 | 375 (39.3) | 160 (42.7) | 147 (39.2) | 52 (13.9) | 29 (7.7) | ||||
| ≥28 | 155 (16.2) | 46 (29.7) | 44 (28.4) | 15 (9.7) | 9 (5.8) | ||||
| Education | 87.87*** | 90.88*** | 21.30*** | 12.85** | |||||
| Less than a high school diploma | 566 (59.3) | 159 (28.1) | 144 (25.4) | 50 (8.8) | 37 (6.5) | ||||
| High School diploma | 211 (22.1) | 121 (57.3) | 114 (54.0) | 44 (20.9) | 18 (8.5) | ||||
| College degree or higher | 178 (18.6) | 106 (59.6) | 103 (57.9) | 27 (15.2) | 27 (15.2) | ||||
| Retirement | 0.05 | 0.63 | 9.30** | 0.11 | |||||
| Yes | 484 (50.7) | 194 (40.1) | 177 (36.6) | 77 (15.9) | 43 (8.9) | ||||
| No | 471 (49.3) | 192 (40.8) | 184 (39.1) | 44 (9.3) | 39 (8.3) | ||||
| Monthly income | 37.31*** | 30.60*** | 26.34*** | 14.49** | |||||
| <2000 RMB | 314 (32.9) | 88 (28.0) | 84 (26.8) | 15 (4.8) | 12 (3.8) | ||||
| 2000–4,000 RMB | 525 (55.0) | 231 (44.0) | 215 (41.0) | 87 (16.6) | 60 (11.4) | ||||
| ≥4,000 RMB | 116 (12.1) | 67 (57.8) | 62 (53.4) | 19 (16.4) | 10 (18.6) | ||||
| Smoking | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.57 | 0.02 | |||||
| No | 740 (77.5) | 303 (40.9) | 284 (38.4) | 97 (13.1) | 63 (8.5) | ||||
| Yes | 215 (22.5) | 132 (61.4) | 77 (35.8) | 24 (11.2) | 19 (8.8) | ||||
| Drinking | 1.48 | 1.62 | 0.10 | 0.48 | |||||
| No | 715 (74.9) | 281 (39.3) | 262 (36.6) | 92 (12.9) | 64 (9.0) | ||||
| Yes | 240 (25.1) | 105 (43.8) | 99 (41.3) | 29 (12.1) | 18 (7.5) | ||||
| Exercise duration/d (h) | 3.85 | 2.86 | 23.53*** | 2.15 | |||||
| <1 | 144 (15.1) | 59 (41.0) | 55 (38.2) | 16 (11.1) | 11 (7.6) | ||||
| 1- | 322 (33.7) | 124 (38.5) | 120 (37.3) | 20 (6.2) | 25 (7.8) | ||||
| 2- | 271 (28.4) | 122 (45.0) | 112 (41.3) | 43 (15.9) | 22 (8.1) | ||||
| ≥3 | 218 (22.8) | 81 (37.2) | 74 (33.9) | 42 (19.3) | 24 (11.0) |
*P < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.