Table 3.
Weighted summary statistics for youth respondents living in the UK (n = 354). Data were from wave 5 of the International Food Policy Study, collected November-December 2021.
| Measure | Category | n=3541 |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 16 | 183 (51.7%) |
| 17 | 171 (48.3%) | |
| Sex | Male | 182 (51.4%) |
| Female | 172 (48.6%) | |
| Ethnic group identified with | Majority | 295 (83.3%) |
| Minority | 58 (16.5%) | |
| Not stated | 1 (0.3%) | |
| Parents ability to make ends meet2 | Not easy | 224 (63.2%) |
| Easy | 130 (36.8%) | |
| Family income3 | Not enough | 92 (25.9%) |
| Enough | 262 (74.1%) | |
| Purchase of food prepared out-of-home in the past week4 | Yes | 191 (53.9%) |
| No | 159 (44.9%) | |
| Not stated | 4 (1.3%) | |
| Consumption of takeaway food in past 24-hours | Yes | 107 (30.2%) |
| No | 246 (69.4%) | |
| Not stated | 1 (0.4%) | |
| Perceived takeaway number appropriateness | Too many | 56 (15.8%) |
| Too few | 66 (18.7%) | |
| About the right number | 212 (59.8%) | |
| Don’t know | 20 (5.6%) | |
| Takeaways usually: | ||
| Sell healthy food | True | 69 (19.6%) |
| False | 275 (77.6%) | |
| Don’t know | 10 (2.8%) | |
| Have special offers for young people | True | 175 (49.6%) |
| False | 145 (40.9%) | |
| Don’t know | 34 (9.6%) | |
| Usually sell food that is low-cost | True | 207 (58.5%) |
| False | 128 (36.0%) | |
| Don’t know | 19 (5.4%) | |
| Are an important place for young people to hang out | True | 187 (52.8%) |
| False | 132 (37.3%) | |
| Don’t know | 35 (9.9%) | |
| If there were fewer takeaways near schools, young people would: | ||
| Be more likely to eat lunch in the school canteen | Checked | 175 (49.4%) |
| Not checked | 179 (50.6%) | |
| Buy unhealthy food from other types of food outlets | Checked | 146 (41.3%) |
| Not checked | 208 (58.7%) | |
| Eat takeaway food less often | Checked | 118 (33.3%) |
| Not checked | 236 (66.7%) | |
| Travel to takeaways further away from school | Checked | 90 (25.5%) |
| Not checked | 264 (74.5%) | |
| Have takeaway food delivered to school | Checked | 43 (12.2%) |
| Not checked | 311 (87.8%) | |
| Unclear what the effect of adoption would be6 | Checked | 33 (9.3%) |
| Not checked | 321 (90.7%) |
1number (%) unless stated. May vary from total due to rounding after weighting. 2Youth respondent’s parent/guardian perceived ability to make ends meet. 3Family income answered by youth respondent. 4‘out-of-home’ = from ‘restaurants, fast food or take-away places, food stands, or vending machines’. 5‘Checked’ = agree, ‘Not checked’ = disagree. 6‘Don’t know’ or ‘Refuse to answer’ responses, only available when no other responses checked.