Table 1.
Relative frequency of discretionary salt intake in cooking and at the table based on women’s characteristics
| Salt intake in cooking | Salt intake at the table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n=458 | No n=103 | Yes n=128 | No n=433 | |||
| Age (years)* | ||||||
| 30> | 86.1 | 13.9 | 29.5 | 70.5 | ||
| 30-39 | 81.1 | 18.2 | 20.7 | 79.3 | ||
| ≥40 | 77.6 | 22.4 | 19.3 | 80.7 | ||
| P | Chi-square test | 0.114 | Chi-square test | 0.047 | ||
| Level of education | ||||||
| Below high school diploma | 74.4 | 25.6 | 34.1 | 65.9 | ||
| High school diploma | 81.2 | 18.8 | 20.2 | 79.8 | ||
| University | 84.3 | 15.7 | 21.5 | 78.5 | ||
| P | Chi-square test | 0.127 | Chi-square test | 0.029 | ||
| Occupation | ||||||
| Homemaker | 82.6 | 17.4 | 23 | 77 | ||
| Employed | 79.7 | 20.3 | 22.5 | 77.5 | ||
| P | Fisher’s exact test | 0.419 | Fisher’s exact test | 0.915 | ||
| Salt intake-limited exposure | ||||||
| Yes | 77.6 | 22.4 | 24.7 | 75.3 | ||
| No | 84.3 | 15.7 | 21.6 | 78.4 | ||
| P | Fisher’s exact test | 0.046 | 0.412 | |||
| Knowledge level | ||||||
| Desirable | 84.2 | 15.8 | 22.3 | 77.7 | ||
| Undesirable | 78.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 76.5 | ||
| P | Fisher’s exact test | 0.1 | 0.762 | |||
| Self-efficacy score | ||||||
| Mean±SD | 18.94±6.3 | 22.45±6.3 | 15.05±5.7 | 20.92±5.9 | ||
| P | Mann-Whitney test | 0.001 | Mann-Whitney test | 0.001 | ||