Table 3.
Mean (se) and median (25th and 75th percentiles) nut consumption by education level, for all Australians, and ‘nut consumers’ only, 2011–2012 National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (NNPAS)*
| Education level | All Australians | Nut consumers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population size | Numbers of observations | Mean | (95 % CI) nut intake (g) | Median | (25th and 75th percentiles) nut intake (g) | Population size | Numbers of observations | Mean | (95 % CI) nut intake (g) | Median | (25th and 75th percentiles) nut intake (g) | |
| Postgraduate Degree, Graduate Diploma/Graduate Certificate | 1 307 196 | 770 | 6·75 | 5·67, 7·82a | 3·53 | 0–10·41 | 749 325 | 436 | 11·77 | 10·20, 13·34a | 9·00 | 4·76–14·58 |
| Bachelor Degree, Advanced Diploma/Diploma | 4 687 485 | 2604 | 6·32 | 5·87, 6·78a | 0 | 0–9·68 | 2 310 840 | 1267 | 12·83 | 12·13, 13·53a | 9·74 | 5·66–17·22 |
| Certificate (Certificate III/IV, Certificate I/II, Certificate not further defined) | 4 241 392 | 2263 | 4·72 | 4·19, 5·24b | 0 | 0–6·09 | 1 533 592 | 845 | 13·05 | 11·95, 14·14a | 9·51 | 5·17–17·85 |
| No non-school qualification | 7 339 153 | 4190 | 4·12 | 3·75, 4·50b | 0 | 0–5·39 | 2 555 554 | 1465 | 11·84 | 10·95, 12·74a | 8·95 | 4·90–14·72 |
a,bIndicate significant differences (P < 0·05) between groups after Bonferroni adjustment.
*
Australians: population size: 17 575 226, number of observations: 9827; nut consumers: population size: 7 149 311, number of observations: 4013.