Table 4.

Adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of sociodemographic characteristics, measures of the neighbourhood food environment, and takeaway food purchasing practices and beliefs associated with public acceptability of takeaway management zones among adults in Great Britain in 2021 (n = 3323)¹. Data were from wave 5 of the International Food Policy Study, collected November-December 2021, analysed using logistic regression.

	Support for adoption		Perceived effectiveness		Healthier outlets able to open		Healthier school food promotion		Less takeaway food consumption
Measure2	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age group (years); 18-29 = ref
30-44	1.08	0.80, 1.45	0.51	0.37, 0.71	1.13	0.85, 1.49	0.80	0.60, 1.07	1.13	0.85, 1.50
45-59	1.51	1.11, 2.07	0.42	0.30, 0.59	1.00	0.74, 1.34	0.93	0.69, 1.26	1.16	0.85, 1.58
60 or over	2.07	1.51, 2.83	0.46	0.32, 0.64	1.02	0.75, 1.38	1.19	0.88, 1.62	1.29	0.95, 1.77
Sex; Female (vs Male)	1.17	0.98, 1.39	1.10	0.92, 1.32	1.29	1.09, 1.52	1.29	1.08, 1.52	0.99	0.83, 1.18
Ethnic group identified with; Minority (vs Majority)	1.31	0.97, 1.77	1.57	1.10, 2.24	1.28	0.97, 1.70	1.46	1.10, 1.94	1.43	1.07, 1.92
Education level; Low = ref
Medium	1.25	1.00, 1.55	1.03	0.83, 1.28	0.92	0.75, 1.13	0.97	0.79, 1.19	1.04	0.84, 1.29
High	1.57	1.29, 1.92	1.17	0.96, 1.42	0.88	0.73, 1.06	1.09	0.90, 1.32	1.08	0.90, 1.31
Ability to make ends meet; Easy (vs Not easy)	1.36	1.13, 1.63	1.16	0.97, 1.40	1.01	0.84, 1.20	1.03	0.86, 1.22	1.08	0.91, 1.29
Child under 18 years in household; Yes (vs No)	0.97	0.77, 1.24	1.47	1.14, 1.89	0.95	0.76, 1.19	1.22	0.98, 1.53	1.05	0.83, 1.32
Quartile (Q) of neighbourhood food outlet access (count); Q1 (0-9 outlets) = ref
Q2 (10-25 outlets)	0.80	0.63, 1.02	1.22	0.96, 1.55	1.00	0.79, 1.26	0.95	0.76, 1.20	0.92	0.73, 1.17
Q3 (26-55 outlets)	0.89	0.69, 1.14	1.05	0.83, 1.35	1.01	0.80, 1.28	1.00	0.79, 1.27	1.10	0.87, 1.40
Q4 (56-581 outlets)	0.78	0.61, 1.01	1.09	0.85, 1.41	0.98	0.77, 1.24	1.07	0.84, 1.36	1.10	0.86, 1.40
Meals purchased from takeaways in the past week (count); 0 = ref
1	0.90	0.72, 1.13	1.04	0.83, 1.31	1.14	0.93, 1.41	1.18	0.95, 1.46	1.24	1.00, 1.53
2 or more	0.80	0.62, 1.04	1.14	0.87, 1.49	1.23	0.96, 1.57	1.05	0.82, 1.35	1.16	0.90, 1.48
Perceived takeaway number appropriateness; Too few = ref
Too many	2.32	1.61, 3.35	1.29	0.87, 1.92	1.01	0.70, 1.46	0.94	0.65, 1.35	1.05	0.73, 1.50
About the right number	0.90	0.63, 1.29	1.40	0.95, 2.08	0.78	0.54, 1.11	0.63	0.44, 0.89	0.62	0.44, 0.88
Takeaways:
Usually sell affordable food; Agree (vs Not agree)	1.26	1.05, 1.52	1.03	0.86, 1.24	1.65	1.38, 1.96	1.69	1.42, 2.01	1.29	1.08, 1.54
Usually sell poor quality food; Agree (vs Not agree)	1.39	1.12, 1.73	1.18	0.95, 1.46	1.41	1.15, 1.73	1.23	1.00, 1.50	1.37	1.13, 1.67
Usually sell healthy food; Agree (vs Not agree)	1.37	1.05, 1.79	1.15	0.86, 1.54	1.42	1.10, 1.83	1.37	1.06, 1.76	1.62	1.27, 2.07
Cause litter, noise and smells; Agree (vs Not agree)	1.91	1.56, 2.33	1.19	0.97, 1.47	1.76	1.44, 2.15	2.02	1.66, 2.47	1.72	1.40, 2.12
Cause antisocial behaviour; Agree (vs Not agree)	1.33	1.07, 1.66	1.14	0.92, 1.42	1.51	1.23, 1.85	1.70	1.38, 2.10	1.36	1.11, 1.67
Contribute to the economy; Agree (vs Not agree)	1.37	1.13, 1.67	0.69	0.57, 0.84	1.21	1.01, 1.46	1.12	0.93, 1.35	1.19	0.98, 1.43

¹All results are adjusted for all other measures listed. Bold = significant at the p < 0.05 level. ²‘ref’ = reference category.