Table 1.
Percentage moderate and frequent purchasing of street foods and fast foods by province, gender and socio-economic category in South Africa
| Street food Moderate+ use % (CI) |
Street food Frequent++ use % (CI) |
Fast foods Moderate+ use % (CI) | Fast foods Frequent++ use % (CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provinces | Western Cape (n = 442) | 17.5 13.4 - 21.5 |
8.4 5.0 - 11.8 |
38.1 32.6 - 43.6 |
2.9 1.2 - 4.7 |
| Eastern Cape (n = 448) | 22.9 18.4 - 27.3 |
4.9 2.5 - 7.3 |
19.1 15.8 - 22.4 |
4.7 2.1 - 7.3 |
|
| Northern Cape(n = 228) | 13.2 8.2 - 18.1 |
1.8 0.2 - 3.3 |
28.9 21.4 - 36.5 |
2.6 0.2 - 5.1 |
|
| Free State (n = 240) | 22.8 15.5 - 30.1 |
12.0 6.0 - 18.0 |
30.7 24.1 - 37.3 |
7.1 2.9 - 11.2 |
|
| Kwa-Zulu Natal (n = 630) | 24.1 19.9 - 28.4 |
7.8 5.4 - 10.1 |
34.9 31.3 - 38.5 |
6.2 3.8 - 8.6 |
|
| North West (n = 136) | 29.4 20.0 - 38.8 |
19.9 10.8 - 28.9 |
28.7 22.5 - 34.9 |
1.5 0.0 - 3.7 |
|
| Gauteng (n = 613) | 20.9 17.0 - 24.8 |
18.9 15.3 - 22.6 |
38.5 34.4 - 42.6 |
14.7 11.2 - 18.2 |
|
| Mpumalanga (n = 246) | 28.0 20.3 - 32.6 |
10.6 6.9 - 14.3 |
32.5 25.5 - 39.5 |
5.3 2.3 - 8.3 |
|
| Limpopo (n = 307) | 26.5 20.9 - 32.0 |
20.6 14.2 - 27.0 |
27.5 21.4 - 33.5 |
7.5 3.6 - 11.4 |
|
| South Africa (n = 3290) | 22.2 20.5 - 23.9 |
11.3 10.0 - 12.6 |
32.0 30.3 - 33.7 |
6.8 5.8 - 7.9 |
|
| Gender | Male (n = 1338) | 21.7 19.3 - 24.2 |
12.1 10.2 - 13.9 |
32.7 30.2 - 35.2 |
8.7 7.0 - 10.3 |
| Female (n = 1952) | 22.6 20.5 - 24.6 |
10.9 9.3 - 12.4 |
31.5 29.3 - 33.8 |
5.5 4.3 - 6.8 |
|
| LSM | LSM = low (n = 585) | 24.1 20.3 - 27.9 |
9.6 6.9 - 12.2 |
6.2 3.9 - 8.4 |
0.5 0.0 - 1.1 |
| LSM = medium (n = 1316) | 29.7 26.8 - 32.5 |
14.7 12.3 - 17.1 |
27.9 25.2 - 30.5 |
3.8 2.5 - 5.1 |
|
| LSM = high (n = 1218) | 13.0 11.0 - 15.1 |
8.3 6.6 - 10.0 |
48.1 45.2 - 51.0 |
13.2 11.1 - 15.3 |
|
+Moderate use = 2-3 times a month or about once a week; ++Frequent use = 2 or more times a week
LSM = Living standards measurement; CI = 95% confidence interval