Table 4.

Logistic regression of factors which impact on frequent (2 or more times a week) purchasing of street food and fast foods adjusted for race and gender

	Frequently buy street food	Frequently buy fast food
	Odds Ratio	Odds Ratio
Employment status
Employed full time	NS	1.53* [1.01 - 2.31]
Employed part time	NS
Casual work	NS	0.29* [0.13 - 0.63]
Unemployed	NS	NS
Disabled	NS	0.33* [0.15 - 0.76]
Income
Receive salary/wages	NS	NS
Remittances	NS	0.58* [0.35 - 0.97]
Pensions and/or grants	0.58* [0.37 - 0.88]	0.35* [0.24 - 0.50]
Where usually buys
Local spaza	NS	0.40* [0.22 - 0.73]
Big supermarket close by	NS	NS
Big supermarket far away	NS	NS
Housing
Formal: house/apartment	NS	2.75* [1.12 - 6.74]
Traditional dwelling	NS	NS
Townhouse	NS	3.39* [1.32 - 8.70]
Informal dwelling	NS	NS
Water
Water in home	1.65* [1.11 - 2.44]	2.96* [2.16 - 4.06]
Water in yard	NS	NS
Free communal tap	NS	0.56* [0.37 - 0.84]
Free from neighbour	NS	0.15* [0.04 - 0.64]
Communal borehole	0.54	0.36* [0.14 - 0.97]
River, stream or spring	0.32* [0.12 - 0.85]	0.08* [0.02 - 0.35]
Toilet
All types	NS	NS
None	NS	NS
Electricity
In-house meter	NS	2.07*[1.13 - 3.80]
No access	NS	0.22*[0.11 - 0.44]
Other assets
Fridge with freezer	1.42* [1.15 - 1.75]	4.62* [3.70 - 5.75]
Deep freezer	1.34* [1.07 - 1.67]	2.34* [1.98 - 2.77]
Microwave	1.42* [1.17 - 1.73]	4.76* [3.98 - 5.69]
VCR	NS	1.84* [1.53 - 2.20]
Electric stove	1.28* [1.03 - 1.60]	4.31* [3.43 - 5.42]
TV	1.55* [1.23 - 1.96]	4.17* [3.28 - 5.29]
Telephone at home	NS	2.05* [1.71 - 2.45]
Kitchen sink	NS	3.76* [3.13 - 4.51]
Home security	NS	3.39* [2.74 - 4.17]
Motor vehicle	NS	4.45* [3.72 - 5.32]
Mobile phone	1.54* [1.19 - 1.98]	3.60* [2.81 - 4.60]
Music centre	NS	2.36* [2.02 - 2.75]
DVD player	1.67* [1.37 - 2.03]	4.32* [3.62 - 5.17]