Table 5.

Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards the consumption of salt.

Participants Who:	All	Men	Women	Rural	Urban
	(n = 858)	(n = 326)	(n = 532)	(n = 531)	(n = 327)
Limit their consumption of processed food	81.7	79.7	82.4	80.4	83.9
Look at salt/sodium content in foods	8.8	10.1	8.2	3.8	17.2 *
Buy low salt/sodium alternatives	14.3	17.4	13.2	3.8	24.7 *
Do not add salt at the table	77.3	69.6	80.2	75.9	79.6
Do not add salt when cooking	31.1	24.6	33.5	13.3	61.3 *
Use spices instead of salt when cooking	22.3	15.9	24.7	25.3	17.2
Avoid eating food prepared outside a home	33.1	27.5	35.2	43.7	15.1 *
Take other measures to control salt intake	0.8	1.4	0.5	1.3	0

Results are expressed as % of column total. * p ≤ 0.001 vs. rural by Fisher’s exact test.