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. 2020 Sep 15;118:105469. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105469

Table 2.

Association between eating habits and income during the pandemic in Brazilian families with children aged 0–12 years (n = 1003).

Income Food intake pattern
Eating cheaper foods Eating less than before Eating more than before No change in food consumption p-value*
N (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Not impacted 20 (12.6) 0 (0.0) 129 (29.7) 111 (28.8) <0.001
Slightly reduced 75 (47.2) 13 (52.0) 233 (53.7) 210 (54.5)
Drastically reduced 55 (34.6) 8 (32.0) 66 (15.2) 58 (15.0)
Total loss 6 (3.8) 4 (16.0) 3 (0.7) 2 (0.5)
Increased 3 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 3 (0.7) 4 (1.0)
Total 159 25 434 385
*

Fisher's exact test.