Table 4.
Type of food items purchased based on sex and location (highest reported items from all food groups).
| Food Group and Item | Number and Proportion of All Participants Who Reported Purchased Item | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cereal | Gender n (%) # | Location n (%) ^ | |||
| TOTAL n (%) * | Female | Male | Auki town | Out of Auki town | |
| White rice | 117 (88) | 74 (63.2) | 43 (36.8) | 43 (36.8) | 74 (63.2) |
| Bread | 39 (29.3) | 28 (71.8) | 11 (28.2) | 13 (33.3) | 26 (66.7) |
| Noodles | 33 (24.8) | 23 (69.7) | 10 (30.3) | 10 (30.3) | 23 (69.7) |
| Breakfast cracker | 31 (23.3) | 22 (71) | 9 (29) | 12 (38.7) | 19 (61.3) |
| Tubers and roots | |||||
| Sweet potato (white) | 55 (41.4) | 36 (65.4) | 19 (34.5) | 19 (34.5) | 36 (65.4) |
| Sweet potato (other) | 42 (31.6) | 28 (66.6) | 14 (33.3) | 12 (28.6) | 30 (71.4) |
| Taro | 20 (15) | 12 (60) | 8 (40) | 12 (60) | 8 (40) |
| Cassava | 20 (15) | 14 (70) | 6 (30) | 8 (40) | 12 (60) |
| Vegetables | |||||
| Cabbage | 90 (67.7) | 59 (65.5) | 31(34.4) | 35 (38.9) | 55 (61) |
| Tomato | 41 (30.8) | 28 (68.3) | 13 (31.7) | 18 (43.9) | 23 (56.1) |
| Cucumber | 36 (27) | 28 (77.8) | 8 (22.2) | 14 (38.9) | 22 (61.1) |
| Capsicum | 25 (19) | 21 (84) | 4 (16) | 12 (48) | 13 (52) |
| Eggplant | 22 (16.5) | 19 (86.3) | 3 (13.6) | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.1) |
| Snake bean | 21 (16) | 14 (66.6) | 7 (33.3) | 5 (23.8) | 16 (76.2) |
| Pumpkin | 21 (16) | 16 (76.2) | 5 (23.8) | 5 (23.8) | 16 (76.2) |
| Spring onion | 20 (15) | 13 (65) | 7 (35) | 6 (30) | 14 (70) |
| Fruit | |||||
| Banana | 33 (24.8) | 22 (66.6) | 11 (33.3) | 7 (21.2) | 26 (79) |
| Papaya | 28 (21) | 20 (71.4) | 8 (32) | 10 (35.7) | 18 (72) |
| Watermelon | 27 (20.3) | 23 (85.2) | 4 (14.8) | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) |
| Pineapple | 26 (19.5) | 20 (76.9) | 6 (23) | 8 (30.8) | 18 (69.2) |
| Coconut | 23 (17.2) | 13 (56.6) | 10 (43.5) | 7 (30.4) | 16 (70) |
| Mango | 20 (15) | 14 (70) | 6 (30) | 4 (20) | 16 (80) |
| Plantain | 18 (13.5) | 12(66.7) | 6 (44.4) | 5 (27.8) | 13 (72.2) |
| Meat and eggs | |||||
| Tinned fish | 76 (57.1) | 50 (66) | 26 (34.2) | 28 (36.8) | 48 (63.2) |
| Fresh fish | 39 (29.3) | 27 (69.2) | 12 (31) | 16 (41) | 23 (59) |
| Eggs | 18 (13.5) | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) | 6 (33.3) | 12 (66.7) |
| Seafood crab | 11 (12) | 7 (58.3) | 4 (36.3) | 5 (45.4) | 6 (54.4) |
| Nuts ** | |||||
| Ngali nut | 37 (27.8) | 25 (67.63) | 12 (32.4) | 11 (29.7) | 26 (70.2) |
| Peanuts | 15 (11.3) | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | 6 (40) | 9 (60) |
| Dairy | |||||
| Milk powder | 18 (13.5) | 12 (66.47) | 6 (33.3) | 3 (16.7) | 15 (83.3) |
| Fats *** | |||||
| Coconut cream | 38 (28.6) | 30 (79) | 8 (21) | 16 (42) | 22 (58) |
| Coconut milk | 37 (28) | 24 (65) | 13 (35.1) | 12 (32.4) | 25 (68) |
| Coconut oil | 18 (13.5) | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) | 4 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) |
| Peanut oil | 13 (9.8) | 10 (77) | 3 (23) | 4 (31) | 9 (69.2) |
| Discretionary | |||||
| Sugar | 80 (60.1) | 49 (61.2) | 31(39) | 29 (36.2) | 51 (64) |
| Cake | 22 (16.5) | 16 (72.7) | 6 (27.2) | 5 (22.7) | 17 (77.2) |
| Soft drink | 22 (16.5) | 15 (68.1) | 7 (31.8) | 10 (45.4) | 12 (54.5) |
| Flavored ice block | 20 (15) | 16 (80) | 4 (20) | 7 (35) | 13 (65) |
| Sweet bun | 15 (11.3) | 9 (60) | 6 (40) | 3 (20) | 12 (80) |
| Sweet biscuit | 12(9) | 9 (75) | 3 (25) | 6 (50) | 6 (50) |
| Condiments ^^ | |||||
| Tea | 95 (71.4) | 60 (63.1) | 35 (36.8) | 35 (36.8) | 60 (63.1) |
| Salt | 69 (52) | 51 (73.9) | 18 (26) | 20 (29) | 49 (71) |
| Soy sauce | 26 (19.5) | 20 (76.9) | 6 (23) | 7 (27) | 19 (73) |
| Coffee | 18 (13.5) | 15 (83.3) | 3 (16.7) | 1 (5.6) | 17 (94.4) |
| Curry | 11 (82.7) | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.3) | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.4) |
* Proportion calculated from total n of 133, # proportion calculated from total n of the participants who reported purchasing this item, ^ proportion calculated from total n of the participants who reported purchasing this item. ** Females were more likely to report purchasing items from the nuts groups (p = 0.046), and items from the fats group *** (p = 0.006). ^^ Those who lived outside of Auki town were more likely to report purchasing items from the condiments group (p = 0.019).