Table 2.
Frequency distribution (percentage %) of students by weekly intake of soft drinks, sugared coffee tea, and chocolate/candy and by place of origin and sex, 1999–2001.
| Urban | Rural | |||||
| Total | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | |
| 1999 | n = 421 (%) | n = 185 (%) | n = 236 (%) | n = 207 (%) | n = 48(%) | n = 159(%) |
| Soft drinks | 216(51) | 89 (49) | 127 (53) | 59 (29)** | 20 (42) | 39 (25)* |
| Sugared coffee/tea | 382 (91) | 163 (88) | 219 (93) | 187 (90) | 44 (92) | 143 (90) |
| Chocolate/candy | 50 (12) | 37 (20) | 13 (6)** | 11 (5)* | 4 (6) | 7 (5) |
| 2001 | 617 (%) | 226 (%) | 391 (%) | 358 (%) | 98 (%) | 260 (%) |
| Soft drinks | 341 (56) | 126 (56) | 215 (55) | 154 (44)** | 46 (43) | 111 (43) |
| Sugared coffee/tea | 509 (83) | 179 (79) | 330 (85) | 314 (88)* | 84 (82) | 232 (90) |
| Chocolate/candy | 57 (9) | 35 (16) | 22 (6)** | 16 (4)* | 8 (8) | 8 (3)* |
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.001.