Table 2.
Percentage street food consumption by different ethnic groups in South Africa
| Street food | Black n = 1936 % (CI) |
Mixed ancestry n = 604 % (CI) |
Indian n = 388 % (CI) |
White n = 353 % (CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency Of use | Never/Hardly ever | 54.7 52.0 - 57.4 |
77.6 73.5 - 81.7 |
84.8 80.5 - 89.0 |
90.4 87.0 - 93.7 |
| 2-3 times per month | 21.4 19.4 - 23.4 |
8.8 6.4 - 11.2 |
8.3 5.0 - 11.5 |
5.1 3.0 - 7.2 |
|
| Once a week | 8.9 7.5 - 10.2 |
4.5 2.9 - 6.1 |
2.8 1.1 - 4.6 |
1.4 0.2 - 2.7 |
|
| 2-3 times per week | 9.1 7.8 - 10.4 |
5.8 3.7 - 8.0 |
2.1 0.5 - 3.6 |
1.4 0.2 - 2.6 |
|
| Nearly every day | 3.9 3.0 - 5.0 |
1.7 0.7 - 2.6 |
1.3 0.2 - 2.4 |
0.6 0.0 - 1.3 |
|
| Every day | 2.0 1.3 - 2.8 |
1.7 0.5 - 2.8 |
0.8 0.0 - 1.6 |
1.1 0.0 - 2.5 |
|
| Money spent on street food per week | R0 | 41.3 38.6 - 43.9 |
60.9 56.0 - 65.9 |
75.8 70.7 - 81.0 |
82.4 78.0 - 86.8 |
| R1 - R20 | 27.4 25.2 - 29.6 |
18.5 15.2 - 21.9 |
11.1 7.5 - 14.6 |
8.8 5.7 - 11.9 |
|
| R21 - R40 | 18.8 17.0 - 20.6 |
13.4 10.6 - 16.2 |
7.5 4.8 - 10.1 |
5.1 2.7 - 7.5 |
|
| R41 - R60 | 6.3 5.0 - 7.5 |
3.1 1.7 - 4.6 |
3.1 1.3 - 4.9 |
2.5 0.7 - 4.4 |
|
| > R60 | 4.6 3.5 - 5.8 |
2.6 1.3 - 4.0 |
2.3 0.9 - 3.7 |
1.1 0.0 - 2.2 |
|
| Don't know | 1.6 0.9 - 2.3 |
1.3 0.3 - 2.3 |
0.3 0.0 - 0.8 |
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| Type of Street food | Fruit | 35.8 33.3 - 38.2 |
20.0 16.3 - 23.8 |
13.9 9.8 - 18.0 |
9.6 6.4 - 12.9 |
| Soft drinks | 16.4 14.6 - 18.3 |
13.4 10.3 - 16.5 |
8.7 5.7 - 11.8 |
4.8 2.2 - 7.4 |
|
| Cooked food | 9.7 8.3 - 11.2 |
4.8 3.0 - 6.6 |
3.1 1.2 - 5.0 |
1.1 0.0 - 2.2 |
|
| Sweets & biscuits | 11.8 10.2 - 13.4 |
5.8 3.7 - 7.9 |
2.6 1.1 - 4.0 |
1.7 0.4 - 3.0 |
|
| Savoury snacks | 14.5 12.7 - 16.2 |
11.6 9.0 - 14.2 |
7.2 4.7 - 9.7 |
2.3 0.8 - 3.8 |
|
| Other | 13.1 11.4 - 14.7 |
9.6 6.6 - 12.6 |
4.4 2.3 - 6.4 |
5.1 2.4 - 7.8 |
|
CI = 95% confidence interval