Table 2.
Challenges and learners’ level of agreement to the associated challenges.
| Challenges | Learners’ level of agreement to the associated challenges | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food is of poor quality on the following days | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Mean | SD |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Monday | 21 (19.4) | 16 (14.8) | 25 (23.1) | 20 (18.5) | 23 (21.3) | 2.9 | 1.43 |
| Tuesday | 9 (8.3) | 17 (15.7) | 30 (27.8) | 28 (25.9) | 16 (14.8) | 2.8 | 1.19 |
| Wednesday | 18 (16.7) | 26 (24.1) | 31 (28.7) | 14 (13.0) | 13 (12.0) | 3.2 | 1.26 |
| Thursday | 15 (13.9) | 14 (13.0) | 35 (32.4) | 22 (20.4) | 13 (12.0) | 3.0 | 1.22 |
| Friday | 22 (20.4) | 8 (7.4) | 28 (25.9) | 14 (13,0) | 28 (25.9) | 2.5 | 1.33 |
| Overall mean | 2.9 | ||||||
| One-way analysis of variance to check if there was a significant effect on the quantity of a meal served | F (4, 487) = 3.98, p=0.003. | ||||||
| Food is low in quantity on the following days | |||||||
| Monday | 31 (28.7) | 8 (7.4) | 24 (22.2) | 13 (12.0) | 24 (22.2) | 3.1 | 1.55 |
| Tuesday | 11 (10.2) | 15 (13.9) | 29 (26.9) | 21 (19.4) | 22 (20.4) | 2.8 | 1.34 |
| Wednesday | 16 (14.8) | 13 (12.0) | 30 (27.8) | 18 (16.7) | 21 (19.4) | 2.7 | 1.27 |
| Thursday | 20 (18.5) | 12 (11.1) | 31 (28.7) | 22 (20.4) | 16 (14.8) | 3.0 | 1.33 |
| Friday | 20 (18.5) | 10 (9.3) | 21 (19.4) | 16 (14.8) | 30 (27.8) | 2.9 | 1.47 |
| Overall mean | 2.9 | ||||||
| Food is sometimes not available | 26 (24.1) | 42 (38.9) | 12 (11.1) | 13 (12.0) | 11 (10.2) | 3.6 | 1.28 |
| There are sometimes delays in serving the food | 32 (29.6) | 44 (40.7) | 8 (7.4) | 7 (6.5) | 14 (13.0) | 3.7 | 1.33 |
| A different menu is served than what was expected | 23 (21.3) | 26 (24.1) | 20 (18.5) | 17 (15.7) | 22 (20.4) | 3.1 | 1.43 |
| I have health problems after eating some of the food. | 19 (17.6) | 22 (20.4) | 16 (14.8) | 21 (19.4) | 30 (27.8) | 2.8 | 1.48 |
| The food served on some days interferes with my culture/ beliefs | 11 (10.2) | 8 (7.4) | 27 (25.0) | 12 (11.1) | 50 (46.3) | 2.3 | 1.37 |
| I just don’t like the taste of some of the food | 44 (40.7) | 29 (26.9) | 11 (10.2) | 15 (13.9) | 9 (8.3) | 3.8 | 1.33 |
Numbers 1 to 5 indicate the level of agreement to the associated challenge with 1 representing Strongly disagree and 5 Strongly agree. The number outside the brackets shows the actual number of learners who gave that response, while the number in brackets presents the percentage of learners’ responses.