Table 2.
Nutrition knowledge scores.
| Descriptives | NK1-experts' recommendations | NK2-food content and calories | NK3-diet-disease associations | Total NK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min in the sample | −8.0 | −16.0 | −9.0 | −15.0 |
| Max in the sample | 11.0 | 50.0 | 19.0 | 74.0 |
| SD | 2.8 | 10.6 | 5.1 | 14.6 |
| Theoretical max (b) | 11.0 | 62.0 | 23.0 | 96.0 |
| Mean (a) | 6.5 | 27.5 | 10.1 | 44.1 |
| NK rate (a)/(b) | 59.1% | 44.4% | 44.0% | 46.0% |
| Sociodemographics | NK1-experts' recommendations | NK2-food content and calories | NK3-diet-disease associations | Total NK |
| Mean value | Mean value | Mean value | Mean value | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 6.5 | 28.7 | 9.8 | 44.9 |
| Female | 6.5 | 27.2 | 10.2 | 44.0 |
| p-value | 0.850 | 0.189 | 0.388 | 0.537 |
| Age group | ||||
| 18–35 | 5.9 | 23.5 | 10.2 | 39.6 |
| 36–40 | 6.1 | 25.2 | 9.1 | 40.5 |
| 41–45 | 6.8 | 28.6 | 10.0 | 45.4 |
| 46 and above | 6.9 | 30.4 | 11.2 | 48.5 |
| p-value* | 0.024 | 0.000 | 0.004 | 0.000 |
| Area | ||||
| Urban | 6.9 | 30.8 | 10.5 | 48.2 |
| Rural | 6.0 | 23.7 | 9.7 | 39.5 |
| p-value* | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.066 | 0.000 |
| Education | ||||
| None and secondary school (Lev1) | 5.2 | 20.1 | 9.3 | 34.5 |
| Secondary school (Lev2) | 6.3 | 25.8 | 10.0 | 42.0 |
| Degree and postgraduate degree | 7.2 | 31.7 | 10.6 | 49.5 |
| p-value* | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.000 |
| Activity status | ||||
| Homemaker | 5.6 | 21.3 | 8.8 | 35.7 |
| Unemployed | 5.5 | 22.4 | 9.5 | 37.4 |
| Worker | 6.0 | 21.4 | 9.3 | 36.6 |
| Office worker | 7.0 | 28.8 | 10.5 | 46.3 |
| Intellectual, scientific, and highly specialized professions | 7.0 | 33.5 | 10.8 | 51.3 |
| Other | 6.4 | 26.0 | 10.2 | 42.7 |
| p-value* | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.097 | 0.000 |
*
Calculated performing the equality of means hypothesis test ANOVA test or Welch's t-test in case of unequal variances.