Table 4.
Perceptions and attitudes towards dietary salt and sources of dietary salt
| |
Conscious of own dietary salt intake |
Aware of processed foods as major source of dietary salt |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (% of Total) | MOR* | n (% of Total) | MOR* | ||
|
Total |
2318 (66.2) |
|
155 (4.5) |
|
|
|
Gender |
Male |
824 (58.4) |
1.0 |
58 (4.1) |
1.0 |
| |
Female |
1494 (73.3) |
1.6 (1.2-2.3) |
97 (4.8) |
1.2 (0.6-1.3) |
|
Urbanicity |
Urban |
1181 (68.0) |
1.0 |
61 (3.5) |
1.0 |
| |
Rural |
1137 (66.4) |
1.0 (0.8-1.2) |
94 (5.5) |
1.6 (1.1-2.2) |
|
Age |
15-24 |
615 (57.1) |
1.0 |
63 (5.8) |
1.0 |
| |
25-34 |
478 (66.0) |
1.0 (0.6-1.9) |
32 (4.4) |
1.1 (0.6-2.0) |
| |
35-44 |
460 (72.0) |
2.1 (1.0-4.2) |
23 (3.6) |
1.4 (0.8-2.6) |
| |
45-54 |
370 (73.9) |
2.3 (1.0-4.6) |
16 (3.2) |
1.7 (0.9-3.4) |
| |
55-64 |
395 (77.9) |
3.2 (1.4-7.0) |
21 (4.1) |
1.7 (0.9-3.4) |
|
Education |
Less than Primary |
145 (66.2) |
1.0 |
15 (6.8) |
1.0 |
| |
Secondary School |
1343 (64.4) |
1.2 (0.7-2.3) |
103 (4.9) |
1.4 (0.8-2.5) |
| |
Tertiary |
830 (72.6) |
3.1 (1.3-4.9) |
37 (3.2) |
1.8 (0.9-3.5) |
|
Employment |
Student |
414 (57.7) |
1.0 |
43 (6.0) |
1.0 |
| |
Employed |
1054 (70.2) |
1.6 (1.3-2.0) |
53 (3.5) |
0.7 (0.4-1.5) |
| |
Unemployed |
320 (63.0) |
1.2 (0.9-1.5) |
22 (4.3) |
1.2 (0.6-2.2) |
| Home Maker/Retired | 520 (74.6) | 1.8 (1.2-2.3) | 37 (5.3) | 1.3 (0.7-2.3) | |
* Multivariate odds ratios, adjusted for gender, urbanicity, age, educational level and employment status.