Table 3.
Relationship between demographic variables and fruit and vegetable consumption in the our population
Variables | Fruit consumption (weekly) | Vegetable consumption (weekly) | ||||||
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Once and less | Two times | Three times or more | P | Once and less | Two times | Three times or more | P | |
Age | 48.1±10.2 | 47.7±9.7 | 49.1±9.2 | 0.620 | 48.7±8.9 | 47.7±9.3 | 49.2±9.8 | 0.553 |
Sex | ||||||||
Man | 15.1 | 12.3 | 72.6 | 0.967 | 35.6 | 20.5 | 43.8 | 0.138 |
Woman | 15.5 | 13.4 | 71.1 | 24.1 | 20.3 | 55.6 | ||
Education | ||||||||
Elementary | 21.4 | 18.6 | 60 | 0.184 | 32.9 | 20 | 47.1 | 0.269 |
Middle | 16.7 | 9.1 | 74.2 | 24.2 | 22.7 | 53 | ||
High school and diplamo | 9.2 | 14.5 | 76.3 | 32.9 | 19.7 | 47.4 | ||
University | 14.6 | 8.3 | 77.1 | 35.2 | 28.3 | 26.5 | ||
Marital status | ||||||||
Single | 44.4 | 11.1 | 44.4 | 0.113 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.792 |
Married | 14.8 | 13.2 | 72 | 27.2 | 19.8 | 53.1 | ||
Others | 0 | 12.5 | 87.5 | 25 | 25 | 50 | ||
Employment status | ||||||||
Unemployed | 25 | 41.7 | 33.3 | 0.021 | 33.3 | 8.3 | 58.3 | 0.797 |
Employee | 8.7 | 0 | 91.3 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 56.5 | ||
Free | 19 | 16.7 | 64.3 | 31 | 26.2 | 42.9 | ||
Retired | 11.1 | 7.4 | 81.5 | 29.6 | 11.1 | 59.3 | ||
Housewife | 15.4 | 12.8 | 71.8 | 26.3 | 21.2 | 52.6 | ||
Income (million) | ||||||||
Under 2 | 30 | 15 | 55 | <0.001 | 36.3 | 23.8 | 40 | <0.001 |
2-3 | 20 | 25 | 55 | 47.5 | 17.5 | 35 | ||
3-4 | 9 | 14.1 | 76.9 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 53.8 | ||
More than 4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 96.8 | 8.1 | 14.5 | 77.4 | ||
BMI | ||||||||
<18.5 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0.136 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0.557 |
18-24.9 | 16.9 | 6.5 | 76.6 | 33.8 | 18.2 | 48.1 | ||
25-29.9 | 12.8 | 18.3 | 68.8 | 24.8 | 22.9 | 52.3 | ||
More than 30 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 71.4 | 22.9 | 18.6 | 58.6 |
BMI=Body mass index