Table 4.
Mean dietary quality score across characteristics of the 71,840 study participants from the two Danish Regional Health Surveys conducted in the Capital and North Denmark Region, 2017. Dietary quality score ranges from 0–8 points where higher scores represent healthier eating habits. Data not weighed to account for the difference in non-response
| Mean | SD | Number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dietary quality score | 4.21 | 1.54 | 71,840 |
| Gender* | |||
| Women | 4.42 | 1.48 | 39,292 |
| Men | 3.95 | 1.57 | 32,548 |
| Ethnicity* | |||
| Danish | 4.18 | 1.54 | 65,686 |
| Western background | 4.49 | 1.39 | 2,513 |
| Other | 4.48 | 1.45 | 3,641 |
| Labor market affiliation* | |||
| Employed | 4.28 | 1.50 | 41,155 |
| In education | 4.11 | 1.53 | 6,462 |
| Unemployed | 3.99 | 1.57 | 678 |
| Long-term illness, vocational rehabilitation, or social welfare benefit | 3.84 | 1.66 | 2,307 |
| Early retirement | 3.78 | 1.73 | 1,832 |
| Retired | 4.18 | 1.57 | 19,406 |
| Highest completed educational level* | |||
| Student | 4.08 | 1.53 | 7,171 |
| Primary school | 3.82 | 1.64 | 12,110 |
| Upper secondary education | 4.26 | 1.47 | 3,624 |
| Vocational education | 3.97 | 1.56 | 23,057 |
| Academy or bachelor degree | 4.56 | 1.41 | 16,760 |
| Master or PhD degree | 4.75 | 1.30 | 9,118 |
| Municipality urbanicity* | |||
| Capital | 4.32 | 1.49 | 41,201 |
| Metropolitan | 3.99 | 1.54 | 3,525 |
| Provincial | 4.33 | 1.50 | 2,561 |
| Commuter | 4.22 | 1.57 | 7,909 |
| Rural | 3.95 | 1.59 | 16,644 |
* Chi2 test p < 0.0001