Table 2.

Comparison of dietary practices and eating habits between genders within same site in the Y13/EA group.

Environment	Indicators	Frequencies	Urban (Soweto) (%)			Rural (Agincourt) (%)
			Males n = 760	Females n = 805	p-Value	Males n = 105	Females n = 98	p-Value
Home	Frequency of eating main with family in the previous week	Never	22.4	22.84	0.74	20.95	6.12	<0.001
		Some days	13.43	14.68		45.71	42.86
		Almost everyday	64.1	62.48		33.33	51.02
	Frequency of eating breakfast on weekend days in the previous week	Irregular (1 weekend day)	12.19	14.27	0.23	6.67	3.06	0.20
		Regular (both weekend days)	87.81	85.73		93.33	96.94
	Frequency of eating breakfast on week days in the previous week	Irregular (≤2 days/week)	21.19	29.25	0.00	11.43	6.12	0.10
		Regular (3–5 days/week)	78.81	70.75		88.57	93.88
	Frequency of consuming snacks whilst watching TV in the previous week	Irregular (≤3 times/week)	51.71	49.44	0.30	84.76	77.55	0.10
		Regular (>3 times/week)	48.29	50.56		15.24	22.45
	Number of snacks consumed whilst watching TV during the previous week (mean ± SD)		4 ± 5.1	5 ± 5.6	0.02	1 ± 2.8	2 ± 3.8	0.12
Community	Frequency of fast foods items consumption during the previous week	Irregular (≤3 times/week)	1.97	1.47	0.70	5.71	10.2	0.20
		Regular (>3 times/week)	98.03	98.26		94.26	89.8
	Number of fast food items consumed during the previous week (mean ± SD)		17 ± 8.6	17 ± 8.5	0.12	8 ± 4.8	9 ± 5.7	0.24
School	Frequency of tuck shop purchases during the previous week	Irregular (≤3 times/week)	14.08	8.94	<0.001	15.24	19.39	0.40
		Regular (>3 times/week)	85.92	91.06		84.76	80.61
	Number of tuck shop items purchased in the previous week (mean ± SD)		12 ± 8.0	13 ± 7.9	<0.001	6 ± 4.3	7 ± 4.9	0.30

p-value based on Pearson Chi-squared test for categorical and t-independent test for continuous variables. Significant differences set at p < 0.05.