Table 3.
Sociodemographic characteristics by barriers to healthy diet.
Sociodemographic characteristic | Lack of willpower | Lack of social support | Lack of time | Lack of resources | Lack of knowledge | |||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Total (n=450) | 354/441 | 80.3 | 323/446 | 72.4 | 298/441 | 67.6 | 268/445 | 60.2 | 202/436 | 46.3 |
Gender | ||||||||||
Males | 106/140 | 75.7 | 97/140 | 69.3 | 90/141 | 63.8 | 85/141 | 60.3 | 71/136 | 52.2 |
Females | 248/301 | 82.4 | 226/306 | 73.9 | 208/300 | 69.3 | 183/304 | 60.2 | 131/300 | 43.7 |
χ2=2.691 | P=.101 | χ2=1.005 | P=.316 | χ2=1.326 | P=.250 | χ2=0.00 | P=.986 | χ2=2.744 | P=.098 | |
Age | ||||||||||
15-<30 years | 161/211 | 76.3 | 151/213 | 70.9 | 159/210 | 75.7 | 152/212 | 71.7 | 98/209 | 46.9 |
30-45 years | 95/107 | 88.8 | 91/111 | 82.0 | 75/110 | 68.2 | 60/109 | 55.0 | 48/109 | 44.0 |
>45 years | 78/99 | 78.8 | 65/97 | 67.0 | 48/98 | 49.0 | 43/99 | 43.4 | 46/94 | 48.9 |
χ2=7.077 | P=.029 | χ2=6.776 | P=.034 | χ2=21.793 | P<.001 | χ2=24.585 | P<.001 | χ2=0.501 | P=.778 | |
Education | ||||||||||
Less than university | 187/226 | 82.7 | 177/228 | 77.6 | 147/225 | 65.3 | 139/227 | 61.2 | 116/222 | 52.3 |
University and higher | 165/213 | 77.5 | 144/216 | 66.7 | 150/214 | 70.1 | 128/216 | 59.3 | 85/212 | 40.1 |
χ2=1.923 | P=.166 | χ2=6.658 | P=.010 | χ2=1.136 | P=.287 | χ2=0.180 | P=.671 | χ2=6.447 | P=.011 | |
Marital status | ||||||||||
Ever married | 218/260 | 83.8 | 191/261 | 73.2 | 158/261 | 60.5 | 136/260 | 52.3 | 119/252 | 47.2 |
Never married | 129/174 | 74.1 | 125/178 | 70.2 | 135/173 | 78.0 | 128/178 | 71.9 | 80/177 | 45.2 |
χ2=6.130 | P=.013 | χ2=0.458 | P=.498 | χ2=14.524 | P<.001 | χ2=16.956 | P<.001 | χ2=0.171 | P=.679 | |
Income per month | ||||||||||
<10000SR | 226/273 | 82.8 | 207/277 | 74.7 | 184/272 | 67.6 | 168/276 | 60.9 | 134/269 | 49.8 |
≥10000SR | 120/154 | 77.9 | 108/155 | 69.7 | 102/155 | 65.8 | 92/155 | 59.4 | 62/153 | 40.5 |
χ2=1.514 | P=.219 | χ2=1.284 | P=.257 | χ2=0.151 | P=.697 | χ2=0.095 | P=.758 | χ2=3.358 | P=.066 |
Bolding indicates statistically significant difference.