Table 2.
Barriers to children’s fruit and vegetable consumption reported by carers in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC), Wave 6, 2013
| Carer-reported barriers to children’s fruit and vegetable intake | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote/OR | Urban/IR | Total | ||||
| % | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | |
| No barriers to intake | 51·9 | 136/262 | 55·7 | 539/968 | 54·9 | 675/1230 |
| Children’s dislike | 24·8 | 65/262 | 35·1 | 340/968 | 32·9 | 405/1230 |
| Any accessibility barriers | 24·0 | 63/262 | 2·9 | 28/968 | 7·4 | 91/1230 |
| Too expensive | 11·5 | 30/262 | 2·2 | 21/968 | 4·1 | 51/1230 |
| Not available | 13·7 | 36/262 | ≤0·3 | ≤3/968 | ≤3·2 | ≤39/1230 |
| Poor quality | 9·5 | 25/262 | ≤0·3 | ≤3/968 | ≤2·3 | ≤28/1230 |
| Transport issues | 1·5 | 4/262 | 0·5 | 5/968 | 0·7 | 9/1230 |
| No preparation or storage area | ≤1·1 | ≤3/262 | ≤0·3 | ≤3/968 | ≤0·5 | ≤6/1230 |
| Other | 2·7 | 7/262 | 7·7 | 75/968 | 6·7 | 82/1230 |
| Don’t know or refused | ≤1·1 | ≤3/262 | 2·7 | 26/968 | ≤2·4 | ≤29/1230 |
Remote/OR, remote/outer regional; urban/IR, urban/inner regional.
Carers who reported any barriers to their children’s fruit and vegetable intake were allowed to select up to two specific barriers from the provided response options. The table includes data on both of the carers’ responses if they reported two different barriers; thus, the sum of all responses sums to more than the total percentage reporting any barrier.