Table 4.
Rating government control or regulation as quite or very important for a health rating, nutrition information on labels, advertising, and environmentally friendly supply by perceptions related to food shopping, preparation, cooking Body Mass Index and discretional income, NMSS 2009 & 2012 of Western Australian adults
| A health rating on labels | Nutrition information on food labels | Food advertising | Supply of environmentally friendly food | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
| Responsibility for food shopping | ||||||||
| No | 93.9 | 86.0–97.5 | 95.9 | 92.4–97.8 | 80.3 | 73.8–85.5 | 85.5 | 78.6–90.5 |
| Shared | 93.2 | 91.0–94.9 | 97.7 | 96.7–98.4 | 84.8 | 82.5–86.9 | 86.3 | 83.6–88.6 |
| Sole | 93.6 | 91.1–95.5 | 97.0 | 95.6–98.0 | 84.8 | 82.1–87.2 | 83.6 | 80.3–86.5 |
| Responsibility for choosing and preparing meals | ||||||||
| No | 92.0 | 81.9–96.7 | 94.5 | 90.0–97.0 | 79.1 | 71.8–85.0 | 86.0 | 78.2–91.3 |
| Shared | 93.9 | 91.9–95.4 | 97.6 | 96.7–98.3 | 84.3 | 81.9–86.4 | 86.3 | 83.5–88.6 |
| Sole | 93.6 | 91.3–95.4 | 97.4 | 96.0–98.3 | 85.2 | 82.5–87.5 | 83.8 | 80.6–86.5 |
| Cooking skills | ||||||||
| None or more basic meals | 93.1 | 88.9–95.8 | 96.6 | 94.6–97.9 | 81.6 | 77.3–85.2 | 83.4 | 78.7–87.2 |
| A wide variety of meals | 93.9 | 91.2–95.8 | 98.5 | 97.5–99.1 | 86.8 | 84.2–89.1 | 86.2 | 83.0–88.9 |
| Almost anything | 93.3 | 90.7–95.2 | 95.5* | 93.3–97.1 | 82.4* | 79.2–85.2 | 84.4 | 80.8–87.4 |
| Discretional income from each pay | ||||||||
| Don't earn enough to save | 93.9 | 89.4–96.6 | 97.1 | 95.3–98.2 | 87.1 | 83.8–89.8 | 89.0 | 85.1–92.0 |
| Earn enough to save a bit | 93.6 | 91.5–95.2 | 97.4 | 96.3–98.3 | 83.2 | 80.7–85.4 | 85.1 | 82.5–87.3 |
| Earn enough to save a lot | 92.9 | 87.7–96.0 | 96.0 | 92.5–97.9 | 83.9 | 78.9–87.8 | 77.3*** | 68.8–84.0 |
| BMI Category | ||||||||
| Not overweight/obese | 93.0 | 89.3–95.5 | 98.7 | 97.5–99.4 | 86.0 | 82.5–88.9 | 88.0 | 84.3–90.9 |
| Overweight | 94.1 | 91.5–95.9 | 96.4 | 94.6–97.6 | 82.2 | 79.2–84.8 | 82.0 | 78.3–85.1 |
| Obese | 93.0 | 90.0–95.1 | 96.3*** | 94.5–97.6 | 85.0** | 81.9–87.7 | 85.0 | 81.0–88.3 |
Notes:
The p values (*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001) shown on the table are placed to show the statistically significant differences in the univariate analysis between the categories of cooking skills and BMI and rating of government control of nutrition information and advertising and the perceived discretional income categories and rating the government control of food policy.