Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics of older adults, and association with FV intake

Variables	N	%Total	FV grams/day		P value
			< 400	≥ 400
Total	2048	100.0	68.1	31.9	–
Sex
Male	918	44.8	70.6	29.4	0.030*
Female	1130	55.2	66.1	33.9
Age in years (Mean = 68.2, Median = 67, SD = 6.5, Min = 60, Max = 93)
60–64	698	34.1	67.6	32.5	0.100
65–69	593	28.9	65.8	34.2
70–79	617	30.1	69.0	31.1
80 or over	139	6.8	77.0	23.7
Place of residence
Urban	847	41.4	64.2	35.8	0.002**
Rural	1201	58.6	70.8	29.2
Marital status
Single	82	4.0	57.3	41.5	0.104
Married	1412	69.0	68.1	32.0
Widowed/divorced/separated	554	27.0	69.7	30.1
Educational attainment
No formal education	322	15.7	72.7	27.3	0.009**
Primary school	1407	68.7	68.4	31.6
Secondary school	218	10.6	64.2	35.3
Bachelor’s or higher degree	102	5.0	55.9	44.1
Occupation
Unemployed	1163	56.8	70.7	29.3	0.005**
Farmer	429	21.0	62.2	37.8
Non-farmer	456	22.3	66.9	33.1
Personal income (baht per month)
No income	377	18.4	76.1	23.9	0.001**
Less than 10,000	1345	65.7	67.4	32.6
10,000-19,999	202	9.9	59.9	39.6
20,000 or above	123	6.0	63.4	36.6
Self-rated health
Good/very good	746	36.5	64.9	35.3	0.016*
Moderate/not good/bad	1301	63.5	69.9	30.0
Knowledge of FV
High/highest	1151	56.2	64.4	35.7	0.000***
Low/lowest	897	43.8	72.8	27.1
Exposure to a community campaign
High/highest	773	37.7	63.4	36.6	0.000***
Low/lowest	1275	62.3	71.0	29.0
Household size (persons) (Mean = 3.8, Median = 3, SD = 1.9, Min 1, Max 11)
1–2	637	31.1	62.0	38.0	0.000***
3–4	745	36.4	67.8	32.2
5 or more	665	32.5	74.3	25.9
Living arrangements
With at least one child	1144	55.9	70.0	30.0	0.001**
With spouse only	362	17.7	59.7	40.3
Skipped-generation household	273	13.3	69.6	30.4
With relatives or/and non- relatives	140	6.8	63.6	36.4
Alone	129	6.3	76.7	24.0

Note(s): *Sig. ≤ 0.05, **Sig ≤ 0.01, ***Sig ≤ 0.001