TABLE 4.

Self‐reported survey results of respondents' grocery shopping behavior during COVID‐ 19 outbreak

	Male	Female	Total	χ 2	p value a
	n (%)	n (%)	N (%)
Changes in shopping habits
Yes	112 (80)	64 (88.9)	176 (83)	2.66	.103
No	28 (20)	8 (11.1)	36 (17)
Frequency of grocery shopping
Every day	12 (8.6)	6 (8.3)	18 (8.5)
Two or three times a week	13 (9.3)	9 (12.5)	22 (10.4)	1.93	.749
Once a week	92 (65.7)	41 (56.9)	133 (62.7)
Once every two weeks	16 (11.4)	11 (15.4)	27 (12.7)
Once a month	7 (5)	5 (6.9)	12 (5.7)
Do shopping list
Always	89 (63.6)	58 (80.6)	147 (69.3)
Sometimes	35 (25)	8 (11.1)	43 (20.3)	6.93	.031
Never	16 (11.4)	6 (8.3)	22 (10.4)
Avoid buying unpackaged items
Always	112 (80)	59 (81.9)	171 (80.7)
Sometimes	21 (15)	7 (9.7)	28 (13.2)	1.887	.389
Never	7 (5)	6 (8.3)	13 (6.1)
Using Cashless transaction to make payments at grocery shop
Always	107 (76.4)	41 (56.9)	148 (69.8)
Sometimes	22 (15.7)	26 (36.1)	48 (22.6)	11.375	.003
Never	11 (7.9)	5 (6.9)	16 (7.5)
Purchased new brand of food products
Yes, purchased more new brand	74 (52.9)	35 (48.6)	109 (51.4)
No, purchased same brand as usual	52 (37.1)	26 (36.1)	78 (36.8)	1.304	.521
Not sure	14 (10)	11 (15.3)	25 (11.8)
Try to shop quickly and efficient
Always	102 (72.9)	51 (70.8)	153 (72.2)
Sometimes	26 (18.6)	16 (22.2)	42 (19.8)	.504	.777
Never	12 (8.6)	5 (6.9)	17 (8)
Plan to do online grocery shopping more
Yes	92 (65.7)	45 (62.5)	137 (64.6)
Maybe	24 (17.1)	16 (22.2)	40 (18.9)
No	15 (10.7)	6 (8.3)	21 (9.9)	1.01	.797
Not sure	9 (6.4)	5 (6.9)	14 (6.6)

^a Chi‐square test for homogeneity of proportions between male and female.