Table 3.

Comparison of dietary practices and eating habits between genders within the same site in the Y15/MA group.

Environment	Indicators	Frequencies	Urban (Soweto) (%)			Rural (Agincourt) (%)
			Males n = 747	Females n = 786	p-Value	Males n = 89	Females n = 100	p-Value
Home	Frequency of eating main with family in the previous week	Never	8.82	10.39	0.41	26.37	18.81	<0.001
		Some days	26.2	27.53		45.05	32.67
		Almost everyday	64.98	62.08		28.57	48.51
	Frequency of eating breakfast on weekend days in the previous week	Irregular (1 weekend day)	17.2	20.97	0.57	5.49	6.8	0.71
		Regular (both weekend days)	82.8	79.03		94.51	93.2
	Frequency of eating breakfast on week days in the previous week	Irregular (≤2 days/week)	27.47	44.89	<0.001	10	13.59	0.44
		Regular (3–5 days/week)	72.53	55.11		90	86.41
	Frequency of consuming snacks whilst watching TV in the previous week	Irregular (≤3 times/week)	1.03	2.11	0.08	1.1	0.97	0.93
		Regular (>3 times/week)	98.97	97.89		98.9	99.03
	Number of snacks consumed whilst watching TV during the previous week (mean ± SD)		8 ± 5.9	9 ± 7.3	<0.001	5 ± 3.3	5 ± 2.9	0.98
Community	Frequency of fast foods items consumption during the previous week	Irregular (≤3 times/week)	3.21	2.35	0.30	9.89	9.7	0.96
		Regular (>3 times/week)	96.79	97.65		90.1	90.29
	Number of fast food items consumed during the previous week (mean ± SD)		17 ± 8.9	18 ± 9.9	<0.001	7 ± 4.6	8 ± 6.0	0.20
School	Frequency of tuck shop purchases during the previous week	Irregular (≤3 times/week)	12.69	11.28	0.39	23.08	14.56	0.13
		Regular (>3 times/week)	87.31	88.72		76.92	85.44
	Number of tuck shop items purchased in the previous week (mean ± SD)		12 ± 8.6	13 ± 9.5	0.07	9 ± 6.6	9 ± 6.5	0.52
	Frequency of lunch box usage during the previous week	Irregular (≤3 times/week)	92.25	81.9	<0.001	83.15	75	0.17
		Regular (>3 times/week)	7.75	18.1		16.8	25

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