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. 2021 Dec 14;10(12):3098. doi: 10.3390/foods10123098

Table 3.

Sociodemographic variables associated with consumption, knowledge and health perception of seed sprouts according to grouped data by gender survey 1.

Associated Variables Chi-Square Statistical Test (χ2) Pearson’s Phi Cramer’s V Tests Pearson’s Contingency Coefficient
Female (n = 178)
Education level (Q3) * How often do you consume sprouts? (Q11) * 0.003 0.390 0.276 0.363
Education level (Q3) * Would you consume or increase your consumption of sprouts to prevent diseases? (Q14) * 0.003 0.258 0.258 0.250
Education level (Q3) * To what would you attribute the beneficial effect of sprouts? (Q12) * 0.013 0.356 0.251 0.335
Occupation (Q4) * How often do you consume sprouts? ((Q11) * 0.035 0.430 0.215 0.395
Monthly Income (Q5) * How often do you consume sprouts? (Q11) * 0.011 0.498 0.223 0.446
Monthly income (Q5) * Would you consume or increase your consumption of sprouts to prevent diseases? (Q14) * 0.031 0.262 0.262 0.254
Monthly income (Q5) * To what would you attribute the beneficial effect of sprouts? (Q3) * 0.042 0.465 0.208 0.425
Male (n = 81)
Education level (Q3) * How often do you consume sprouts? (Q11) * 0.008 0.542 0.383 0.477
Education level (Q3) * Would you consume or increase your consumption of sprouts to prevent these diseases? (Q14) * 0.006 0.357 0.357 0.336
Physical activity (Q6) * Would you consume or increase your consumption of sprouts to prevent diseases? (Q14) * 0.028 0.334 0.334 0.317

1 Significant association between variables (χ2: p < 0.05); * (Q number) indicates the number of the question asked to the participants according to the questionnaire shown in Table S1 (Supplementary material).