Table 3.

Each dimension of the average score indifference (knowledge) variables (Mean, SD) (N = 400).

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Age
15–25	0.72 ± 0.449	0.33 ± 0.473	0.02 ± 0.145	0.94 ± 0.830 *	0.72 ± 0.449	0.91 ± 0.280 *	0.98 ± 0.145
26–35	0.77 ± 0.420	0.29 ± 0.473	0.06 ± 0.245	0.73 ± 0.933 *	0.77 ± 0.420	0.67 ± 0.471 *	0.93 ± 0.258
36–49	0.81 ± 0.398	0.21 ± 0.410	0.04 ± 0.202	0.44 ± 0.801 *	0.81 ± 0.398	0.83 ± 0.377 *	0.97 ± 0.182
Area
Rural	0.70 ± 0.462	0.40 ± 0.490 *	0.06 ± 0.229	1.02 ± 0.905 *	0.70 ± 0.462 *	0.65 ± 0.480 *	0.95 ± 0.218
Urban	0.84 ± 0.372	0.17 ± 0.377 *	0.03 ± 0.171	0.42 ± 0.746 *	0.84 ± 0.372 *	0.97 ± 0.184 *	0.97 ± 0.184
Household size
Small family	0.64 ± 0.480 *	0.40 ± 0.491 *	0.07 ± 0.248 *	0.96 ± 0.908 *	0.64 ± 0.480 *	0.72 ± 0.452 *	0.93±0.248 *
Big family	0.99 ± 0.085 *	0.06 ± 0.246 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.26 ± 0.607 *	0.99 ± 0.085 *	0.97 ± 0.167 *	1.00±0.000 *
Marital status
Married	0.72 ± 0.448	0.32 ± 0.468 *	0.05 ± 0.209	0.80 ± 0.894 *	0.72 ± 0.448 *	0.77 ± 0.421	0.95 ± 0.209
Single	0.93 ± 0.254	0.20 ± 0.407 *	0.07 ± 0.254	0.73 ± 0.907 *	0.93 ± 0.254 *	0.90 ± 0.305	0.93 ± 0.254
Separated	0.94 ± 0.236	0.06 ± 0.236 *	0.00 ± 0.000	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.94 ± 0.236 *	1.00 ± 0.000	1.00 ± 0.000
Widowed	1.00 ± 0.000	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.00 ± 0.000	0.17 ± 0.482 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *	0.09 ± 0.302	1.00 ± 0.000
Main Occupation
Unemployed	0.69 ± 0.465 *	0.37 ± 0.468 *	0.02 ± 0.143 *	0.88 ± 0.908 *	0.69 ± 0.465 *	0.74 ± 0.437	0.98±0.143 *
Agriculture	0.90 ± 0.465 *	0.18 ± 0.384 *	0.04 ± 0.207 *	0.69 ± 0.815 *	0.90 ± 0.306 *	0.91 ± 0.286	0.97±0.170 *
Hard job	1.00 ± 0.000 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.05 ± 0.273 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *	1.00 ± 0.000	1.00±0.000 *
Government Job	0.82 ± 0.405 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *	0.82 ± 0.405 *	2.00 ± 0.000 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.09 ± 0.302	0.09±0.302 *
Monthly income
>5000	1.00 ± 0.000 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.41 ± 0.795 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *	1.00±0.000 *
5000–15,000	0.96 ± 0.205 *	0.05 ± 0.220 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.20 ± 0.511 *	0.96 ± 0.205 *	0.96 ± 0.180 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *
15,001–25,000	0.83 ± 0.378 *	0.21 ± 0.409 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.64 ± 0.785 *	0.83 ± 0.378 *	0.94 ± 0.239 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *
25,001–35,000	± 0.495 *	0.54 ± 0.503 *	0.04 ± 0.203 *	1.04 ± 0.948 *	0.59 ± 0.495 *	0.75 ± 0.438 *	0.97 ± 0.167 *
35,001–50,000	0.56 ± 0.501 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *	0.11 ± 0.310 *	1.42 ± 0.801 *	0.56 ± 0.501 *	0.44 ± 0.501 *	0.89 ± 0.310 *
Education level
Non-education	1.00± 0.000 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.00 ± 0.000	0.19 ± 0.397 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *
Primary	0.76 ± 0.430 *	0.27 ± 0.447 *	0.03 ± 0.158	0.67 ± 0.869 *	0.76 ± 0.430 *	0.83 ± 0.373 *	0.97 ± 0.158 *
Secondary	0.71 ± 0.455 *	0.38 ± 0.488 *	0.09 ± 0.284	0.96 ± 0.928 *	0.71 ± 0.455 *	0.69 ± 0.465 *	0.91 ± 0.284 *
Higher	0.75 ± 0.500 *	0.25 ± 0.500 *	0.00 ± 0.000	1.00 ± 0.816 *	0.75 ± 0.500 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *
BMI
Underweight	0.87 ± 0.333 *	0.18 ± 0.389 *	0.00 ± 0.000 *	0.54 ± 0.742 *	0.87 ± 0.333	0.99 ± 0.076 *	1.00 ± 0.000 *
Normal weight	0.66 ± 0.477 *	0.38 ± 0.487 *	0.09 ± 0.287 *	0.93 ± 0.943 *	0.66 ± 0.477	0.65 ± 0.479 *	0.91 ± 0.287 *
Overweight	0.71 ± 0.455 *	0.34 ± 0.476 *	0.05 ± 0.223 *	0.77 ± 0.972 *	0.71 ± 0.455	0.62 ± 0.488 *	0.95 ± 0.283 *
Obese	0.73 ± 0.458 *	0.26 ± 0.458 *	0.07 ± 0.258 *	0.60 ± 0.910 *	0.73 ± 0.425	0.93 ± 0.258 *	0.93 ± 0.258 *
Average mean score	0.77 ± 0.425	0.28 ± 0.451	0.04 ± 0.202	0.72 ± 0.880	0.77 ± 0.425	0.81 ± 0.397	0.96 ± 0.202

(1) Dimensions: 1- Iron-related knowledge, 2- Micronutrients related knowledge, 3- Nutrient and food-related diseases, 4- Healthy food-related knowledge, 5- Fat- related knowledge, 6- Vitamins and mineral-related knowledge, 7- Dietary fibre related knowledge (2) Abbreviation: SD (Standard Deviation) (3) * statistical significance (p < 0.05) (4) ANOVA, t-test, Mann Whitney U test was used to compare differences.