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. 2021 Nov 4;21:2007. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12043-6

Table 2.

Sex/gender related characteristics of the study population and prevalence of non-daily vegetable intake

Socio-cultural, socio-demographic and socio-economic variables Proportion of characteristic
% (n)
Prevalence of non-daily vegetable intake
% (N)
N 100 (19512)
Family constellation
 No partner, no child(ren) 33.85 (6604) 55.03 (3634)
 Partner, no child(ren) 37.41 (7300) 49.56 (3618)
 Partner, child(ren) 24.88 (4854) 47.75 (2318)
 No partner, child(ren) 3.86 (754) 46.55 (351)
Main earner
 1 Person household 21.94 (4281) 55.64 (2382)
 Respondent 31.10 (6068) 55.83 (3388)
 Partner 26.78 (5225) 40.50 (2116)
 Another person 8.87 (1730) 54.05 (935)
 None 11.32 (2208) 49.82 (1100)
Household burden
 Not applicable 1.09 (212) 50.47 (107)
 1 (not at all) 26.69 (5208) 52.25 (2721)
 2 28.91 (5640) 51.86 (2925)
 3 28.02 (5468) 50.24 (2747)
 4 8.64 (1686) 46.33 (803)
 5 (a lot) 6.65 (1298) 47.61 (618)
Childrearing burden
 No child(ren) 26.36 (5144) 53.34 (2744)
 1 (not at all) 38.92 (7595) 51.78 (3933)
 2 13.55 (2643) 49.83 (1317)
 3 11.56 (2256) 49.29 (1112)
 4 11.32 (997) 45.14 (450)
 5 (a lot) 4.49 (877) 41.62 (365)
Care burden
 No care tasks 48.59 (9480) 50.78 (4814)
 1 (not at all) 35.55 (6937) 52.43 (3637)
 2 5.90 (1151) 47.52 (547)
 3 4.61 (900) 46.33 (417)
 4 2.62 (511) 48.14 (246)
 5 (a lot) 2.73 (533) 48.78 (260)
Social support
 High 34.26 (6684) 46.51 (3109)
 Middle 51.42 (10034) 52.15 (5233)
 Low 14.32 (2794) 56.51 (1579)