Table 5.
Differences in total Mediterranean scorea and percentage of participants achieving a high adherence to the Mediterraneanb diet according to demographic characteristics, South West England, UK (2014).
| Total Mediterranean diet score Mean (SD) |
P | Participants achieving high adherence to the Mediterranean diet n and % |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marital status | 0.003 | 0.211 | ||
| Married/cohabiting | 34.22 (5.34) | 183 (41.1) | ||
| Single | 32.18 (5.66) | 27 (29.4) | ||
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 33.18 (5.00) | 18 (36.0) | ||
| Level of education | < 0.001 | 0.001 | ||
| Degree or higher | 34.70 (0.27) | 153 (44.6) | ||
| Lower than degree | 32.57 (0.37) | 75 (30.7) | ||
| Number of children living in household | 0.782 | 0.578 | ||
| None | 33.70 (5.30) | 155 (40.4) | ||
| ≥ 1 | 33.90 (5.50) | 73 (35.9) | ||
| Food shopping responsibility | 0.415 | 0.812 | ||
| I am | 33.50 (5.50) | 107 (37.3) | ||
| Family members | 33.80 (5.40) | 19 (38.8) | ||
| Shared | 34.20 (5.30) | 102 (40.8) | ||
| Food preparation responsibility | 0.011 | 0.155 | ||
| I am | 33.10 (5.70) | 89 (34.9) | ||
| Family members | 33.90 (5.30) | 19 (32.2) | ||
| Shared | 34.50 (5.10) | 120 (44.1) |
Differences were examined using the Chi-square test.
a
Range of total Mediterranean diet score = 0–55.
b
High adherence to the Mediterranean diet was defined as having a total Mediterranean diet score of 36–55.