Table 1.
Weighted sociodemographic characteristics of participants in five countries (expressed as n (%), unless otherwise stated) from the International Food Policy Study 2018 (n = 22,264)
| Overall n = 22,264 |
Australia n = 4004 | Canada n = 4288 | United Kingdom n = 5367 | United States n = 4523 | Mexico n = 4082 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 10,909 (48.7) | 1954 (48.8) | 2123 (49.5) | 2614 (48.7) | 2203 (48.7) | 1947 (47.7) |
| Female | 11,355 (51.3) | 2050 (51.2) | 2165 (50.5) | 2753 (51.3) | 2320 (51.3) | 2135 (52.3) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 46.0 (20.1) | 46.5 (19.6) | 48.2 (21.9) | 48.1 (20.4) | 46.9 (20.3) | 39.3 (18.3) |
| Age group | ||||||
| 18–29 years old | 4965 (22.3) | 877 (21.9) | 853 (19.9) | 1041 (19.4) | 954 (21.1) | 1233 (30.2) |
| 30–44 years old | 5878 (26.4) | 1057 (26.4) | 1055 (24.6) | 1310 (24.4) | 1140 (25.2) | 1318 (32.3) |
| 45–59 years old | 5788 (26.0) | 981 (24.5) | 1111 (25.9) | 1406 (26.2) | 1149 (25.4) | 1147 (28.1) |
| 60+ years old | 5633 (25.3) | 1089 (27.2) | 1269 (29.6) | 1610 (30.0) | 1280 (28.3) | 384 (9.4) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Majority | 17,611 (79.1) | 3015 (75.3) | 3293 (76.8) | 4728 (88.1) | 3406 (75.3) | 3159 (77.4) |
| Minority | 4386 (19.7) | 977 (24.4) | 858 (20.0) | 596 (11.1) | 1094 (24.2) | 861 (21.1) |
| Not stated | 267 (1.2) | 12 (0.3) | 137 (3.2) | 43 (0.8) | 23 (0.5) | 62 (1.5) |
| Education | ||||||
| Low | 9484 (42.6) | 1666 (41.6) | 1809 (42.2) | 2576 (48.0) | 2632 (58.2) | 812 (19.9) |
| Medium | 4943 (22.2) | 1297 (32.4) | 1424 (33.2) | 1229 (22.9) | 448 (9.9) | 535 (13.1) |
| High | 7770 (34.9) | 1033 (25.8) | 1038 (24.2) | 1530 (28.5) | 1438 (31.8) | 2731 (66.9) |
| Not stated | 67 (0.3) | 8 (0.2) | 17 (0.4) | 32 (0.6) | 5 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) |
| BMI | ||||||
| < 18.5 | 668 (3.0) | 124 (3.1) | 142 (3.3) | 161 (3.0) | 158 (3.5) | 86 (2.1) |
| 18.5–24.9 | 7748 (34.8) | 1441 (36.0) | 1432 (33.4) | 1852 (34.5) | 1375 (30.4) | 1633 (40.0) |
| 25–30 | 6167 (27.7) | 1053 (26.3) | 1226 (28.6) | 1428 (26.6) | 1257 (27.8) | 1208 (29.6) |
| ≥ 30 | 4609 (20.7) | 833 (20.8) | 1029 (24.0) | 896 (16.7) | 1226 (27.1) | 633 (15.5) |
| Missing/not stated | 3072 (13.8) | 553 (13.8) | 459 (10.7) | 1030 (19.2) | 507 (11.2) | 522 (12.8) |
| Nutrition knowledge | ||||||
| None/low | 8416 (37.8) | 1457 (36.4) | 1454 (33.9) | 2581 (48.1) | 1569 (34.7) | 1359 (33.3) |
| Moderate | 9462 (42.5) | 1654 (41.3) | 1908 (44.5) | 1911 (35.6) | 1841 (40.7) | 2147 (52.6) |
| High | 4275 (19.2) | 873 (21.8) | 892 (20.8) | 848 (15.8) | 1090 (24.1) | 567 (13.9) |
| Not stated | 111 (0.5) | 20 (0.5) | 34 (0.8) | 27 (0.5) | 23 (0.5) | 9 (0.2) |